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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1832
OF 11105OZ JUNE 90
2 1 JUN 1990
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JUL HONG KONG
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OUR TELNO 1784 AND PEKING TELNO 849:
CHINESE DEMARCHE OVER 'ANTI-CHINA' ACTIVITIES ON 9/10 JUNE
1. THE NCNA MADE A FURTHER PRO-FORMA COMPLAINT ON THE AFTERNOON OF 9 JUNE ABOUT ANTI-CHINA ACTIVITIES. THE COMPLAINT WAS THAT 60 TO 70 PEOPLE FROM THE 5 APRIL ACTION GROUP HAD SHOUTED SLOGANS OUTSIDE NCNA FROM 3.30-5.30 P.M. ON 9 JUNE, DEMANDING AN END TO THE CHINESE DICTATORSHIP. NCNA HAD BEEN TOLD BY THE POLICE (PERFECTLY CORRECTLY) THAT THE RALLY HAD BEEN APPROVED. NCNA SAID IT WAS DISTURBING THEIR NORMAL FUNCTIONS AND WAS A THREAT TO THEM. THE HKG HAD AGAIN IGNORED NCNA REQUESTS TO TAKE MEASURES AGAINST ANTI-CHINA ACTIVITIES. WE HAD INSTEAD CONTINUED TO CONNIVE AT THEM. NCNA WISHED TO EXPRESS ITS INDIGNATION AND REGRET. THEY ASKED FOR EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO BE TAKEN IN THE FUTURE.
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2. THE RALLY WAS SMALL. IT WAS HEAVILY POLICED AND KEPT ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD FROM THE NCNA BUILDING. IT WAS FOLLOWED BY A 24-HOUR HUNGER STRIKE BY SOME 40 TO 50 PEOPLE WHICH PASSED UNEVENTFULLY AND ENDED ON THE EVENING OF 10 JUNE.
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