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CONFIDENTIAL
016447 MDHIAN 1793
HKD 400/6.
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2680
OF 10100OZ AUGUST 89
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
NC 12/9
PEKING TELNO 1496 : HARASSMENT OF
BUSIN
USINESSMEN IN SHANGHAI
1. PA'S OFFICE SPOKE TO WALLACE PAK OF DOW HK YESTERDAY. HE PASSED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION.
2. DOW UNDERSTOOD THAT IN FACT THERE HAS BEEN ANOTHER CASE OF HARASSMENT. AN AMERICAN, MIKE HALL OF INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT AND TRADING CONSULTANTS WAS DETAINED OVERNIGHT FOR QUESTIONING BY THE PUBLIC SECURITY BUREAU.
3. PETER CHU OF DOW WAS ASKED ON 8 AUGUST BY THE PSB TO CALL IN WHEN CONVENIENT. HE CALLED THAT DAY. THEY WERE VERY POLITE BUT COMPLAINED THAT DOW HAD BEEN ''GOING BEHIND THEIR BACKS'' WHICH WOULD SLOW DOWN THEIR WORK AND CAUSE OBSTACLES''. CHU ADMITTED THAT THEY HAD BEEN TO THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN CONSULATES. COW SAY THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE CHINESE HERE BUT REFUSE TO SAY WHOM)) CHU WAS ASKED A FEW MINOR QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS EARLIER STATEMENTS. HE TOLD THE PSB THAT HIS ASSISTANT, LEUNG, WILL BE TRAVELLING TO JAPAN ON 17 AUGUST. PSB THANKED HIM FOR INFORMING THEM AND SAID THIS WOULD CAUSE NO DIFFICULTIES.
4. ON 9 AUGUST, CHU WENT TO THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS BUREAU WHO SAID THIS WAS A MATTER FOR MOFERT BUT THEY WOULD PASS THE MESSAGE ON. ALSO ON 9 AUGUST DOW'S LOCAL EMPLOYEES WERE CALLED IN AND ASKED TO MAKE A FURTHER STATEMENT ABOUT THEIR ACTIVITES BUT WERE NOT FORCED TO SIGN ANYTHING.
5. PAK IS PRESENTLY IN SINGAPORE BUT HE HAS AGREED TO CALL ON PA'S OFFICE ON 14 AUGUST. WE HOPE TO FIND OUT THEN WHICH CHINESE THEY HAVE SPOKEN TO HERE.
FORD
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