CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
TELNO 878
OF 05160OZ SEPTEMBER 89
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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MDHOAN 2848
HONG KONG TELNO 2908 : FILM CENSORSHIP
'LES CHINOIS A PARIS'
1. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON TUR. AS YOU WILL HAVE GATHERED FROM OUR TELNO 1787, WE CONSIDERED THE PROS AND CONS OF BANNING THE FILM WERE FINELY BALANCED. HK'S TUR DOES, WE CONSIDER, TIP THE BALANCE IN FAVOUR OF LETTING THE FILM BE SHOWN, PARTICULARLY IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT IT IS LIKELY TO TAKE ONE OR TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE FILM WILL ACTUALLY BE SCREENED.
2. FOR HONG KONG GRATEFUL TO KNOW HOW MANY OF THE RECENT FILMS WHICH YOU HAVE NOT/NOT BANNED HAVE IN FACT BEEN SHOWN IN HONG KONG SO FAR. IF IT TAKES UP TO TWO MONTHS TO REACH THE SCREEN, THEN IT IS POSSIBLE THAT NONE HAVE BEEN SCREENED SINCE THE EVENTS IN EARLY JUNE AND THUS WE HAVE NOTHING ON WHICH TO GAUGE THE LIKELY CHINESE REACTION.
3. BEFORE WE SUBMIT TO MINISTERS WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS, PREFERABLY BY DESKBY 060900Z.
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