CONFIDENTIAL
HKB 060/1
ECEIVED IN REGISTRY
23 MAY 1990
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CON DENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 1575
OF 14130OZ MAY 90
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
112503 MDLIAN 0749
SUBVERSION: ACTIVITIES OF THE HONG KONG ALLIANCE FOR THE PROMOTION
OF DEMOCRACY IN CHINA
1. JI SHAOXIANG OF NCNA CALLED ON THE POLITICAL ADVISER AT HIS CWN REQUEST ON 14 MAY. SPEAKING ON THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES HE REFERRED TO THE FREQUENT REPRESENTATIONS BY NCNA TO THE POLITICAL ADVISER'S OFFICE ABOUT ANTI-CHINESE ACTIVITIES OF THE HONG KONG ALLIANCE FOR THE PROMOTION OF DEMOCRACY IN CHINA TO MARK THE JUNE 4 ANNIVERSARY. NCNA HAD REPEATEDLY REQUESTED THAT THE HKG ADOPT THE NECESSARY MEASURES TO PROHIBIT THESE ACTIVITIES. WHILE WE HAD ASSURED THEM THAT IT WAS NOT OUR INTENTION TO ALLOW HONG KONG TO BE TURNED INTO A BASE FOR SUBVERSION AGAINST THE PRC, THE ACTIVITIES OF THE HONG KONG ALLIANCE WERE GOING ON UNCHECKED. FCR EXAMPLE, ON 27 APRIL, STUDENTS HAD MADE SPEECHES VILIFYING AND ATTACKING THE CPG. ON 1 MAY 20 PEOPLE, LED BY A MEMBER OF THE HONG KONG ALLIANCE, HAD DEMONSTRATED AT NCNA'S MAIN GATE, DISRUPTING WORKING ORDER, AND 12 MEMBERS OF THE FIFTH OF APRIL GROUP HAD SHOUTED SLOGANS OUTSIDE NCNA. ON 4 MAY THE HONG KONG ALLIANCE HAD HELD A PUBLIC DEBATE AT CHATER GARDENS SURROUNDED BY SLOGANS SLANDERING THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.
2. THE CHINESE SIDE CONSIDERED SUCH ACTIVITIES HAD A VERY BAD EFFECT FOR SOCIAL ORDER, THE STABILITY AND PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG, AND RELATIONS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND THE MAINLAND. THE BRITISH SIDE SHOULD TRULY FULFIL ITS COMMITMENTS AND TAKE EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO PROHIBIT THE ALLIANCE FROM CONDUCTING ACTIVITIES MARKING THE
ANNIVERSARY OF 4 JUNE.
3. CHEN GUOPING THEN RAISED A REPORT IN THE HONG KONG STANDARD WHICH CLAIMED THAT A HONG KONG THEATRE GROUP, WITH SPECIFIC ASSISTANCE FROM HK3, WOULD STAGE AN ANTI-CHINESE DRAMA. THEY WERE VERY MUCH CONCERNED ABOUT THE ABOVE REPORT.
4. EHRMAN REPLIED CN STANDARD LINES. HE HAD NOTED WHAT NCNA HAD SAID. WE HAD INDEED SAID ON MANY OCCASIONS THAT WE HAD NO INTENTION OF ALLOWING HONG KONG TO BE USED AS A BASE FOR SUBVERSION AGAINST
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