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TELNO 883
OF 150741Z JUNE 90
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
040542 MDHIAN 4987
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ANTI-CHINA ACTIVITIES IN HONG KONG.
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DURING A CALL ON OTHER BUSINESS ON 15 JUNE, JIANG ENZHU RAISED WITH ME ANTI-CHINA ACTIVITIES IN HONG KONG.
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JIANG RECALLED THAT ON 6 JUNE CHEN ZIYING HAD MADE REPRESENTATIONS TO THE AMBASSADOR ABOUT THE SHOOTING INCIDENT AT THE NEW NCNA BUILDING. THE CHINESE SIDE CONTINUED TO FOLLOW CLOSELY THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS MATTER. THEY HAD ALREADY POINTED
OUT THAT THIS WAS A POLITICAL INCIDENT WHICH HAD OCCURRED AGAINST
THE BACKGROUND OF A RISING TIDE OF ANTI-CHINA ACTIVITIES IN HONG KONG. AFTER MAKING REPRESENTATIONS TO THE BRITISH SIDE, THE CHINESE SIDE HAD TAKEN NOTE OF THE POLITICAL ADVISER'S STATEMENT
THAT IT WAS THE OBLIGATION OF HKG TO PROTECT THE PERSONNEL AND PROPERTY OF CHINESE FUNDED ORGANS IN HONG KONG. THEY REGRETTED THAT RECENTLY NCNA HAD RECEIVED LETTERS OF THREAT AND
INTIMIDATION AND THAT SOME ARTICLES IN HONG KONG NEWSPAPERS HAD
SAID THAT NCNA DID NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPECIAL PROTECTION. THE NEWSPAPER REPORTS HAD REPORTED HKG OFFICIALS AND THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE F C O IN HONG KONG AS STATING THAT, WHILE THE CHINESE VISA AND JLG OFFICES HAD SPECIAL PROTECTION, NCNA'S BUILDINGS AND PERSONNEL WERE NOT (NOT) UNDER SPECIAL PROTECTION. THE CHINESE SIDE FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND THE INTENTION
BEHIND THESE STATEMENTS. IT WAS NOT THAT THE BRITISH SIDE DID NOT KNOW THE SPECIAL POSITION OF NCNA AND, UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, SUCH STATEMENTS WERE NOT (NOT) APPROPRIATE. JIANG REQUESTED HMG TO REQUEST HKG TO ADOPT EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO PROTECT THE PROPERTY
AND PERSONNEL OF NCNA AND OTHER CHINESE AGENCIES IN HONG KONG.
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3. I STRESSED THAT WE REGARDED THE SHOOTING INCIDENT AS A VERY
SERIOUS MATTER AND THE HONG KONG POLICE WERE CARRYING OUT A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION. JIANG MIGHT BE AWARE FROM PRESS REPORTS THAT THERE WAS A GENERAL CONCERN IN HONG KONG ABOUT THE INCREASE IN CRIMES INVOLVING FIREARMS, MOST OF WHICH HAD BEEN SMUGGLED IN ILLEGALLY FROM CHINA. IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT THERE WAS NO (NO) CONNECTION BETWEEN THE SHOOTING INCIDENT AND ANTI-CHINA FEELING.
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