CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1686
OF 27060OZ MAY 90
INFO DESKBY 28010OZ PEKING -
HKB OGO
RECEIVED 'N
RY
0 1 JUN 1990
INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG
Q DIST
155431
MDHIAN 2215
26)
· Boyers
MIPT CHINESE COMPLAINTS ABOUT SUBVERSION
FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF JI'S SPEAKING NOTE : SPEAKING NOTE
BEGINS
ON THE AFTERNOON OF MAY 26, THE 'HONG KONG ALLIANCE STAGED A SO- CALLED ''EXHIBITION ON CHINA'S DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENTS'' IN VICTORIA PARK. MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED POSTERS WERE HANGING AROUND THE FIELD, OVER TWENTY OF WHICH WERE DIRECTED AT THE CHINESE LEADERS, SUCH AS ''DOWN WITH LI PENG'' ''DOWN WITH THE FASCIST REGIME OF DENG, LI, YANG'' ''DOWN WITH THE COUNTER-REVOLUNTIONARY RUFFIANS DENG XIAOPING, LI PENG, AND YANG SHANGKUN'' ''DOWN WITH THE CHINESE CEAUSESCU AND ETC. AT THE VICTORIA PARK FAIR, MANY DELIBERATELY DISTORTING PHOTOS AND BOOKS WERE ALSO EXHIBITED. THE ORGANISERS EVEN WENT SO FAR AS TO GIVE SPEECHES TO BEWITCH AND CONFUSE THE PUBLIC, AND ENGAGED THEMSELVES IN UNSCRUPULOUS ANTI-CHINESE GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES. TO ALL THIS, WE HAVE TO EXPRESS OUR GREAT
INDIGNATION.
WHAT WE MUST POINT OUT IS THAT SUCH ACTIVITIES MASTER-MINDED BY THE ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS THE HONG KONG ALLIANCE WERE TOLERATED BY AND WITH THE CONNIVANCE OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. THE DISTRIBUTED LEAFLETS FROM THE ORGANISERS CLEARLY REVEALED THAT THE URBAN COUNCIL HAD PROVIDED THE ORGANISERS WITH THE ACTIVITY FIELD FREE OF CHARGE. IN ADDITION, THE POLICE ON THE SPOT DID NOTHING TO INTERFERE WITH SUCH FLAGRANT ANTI-CHINA ACTIVITIES. THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAS REPEATEDLY PROMISED TO THE CHINESE SIDE THAT IT HAS NOT INTENTION TO TURN HONG KONG INTO A SUBVERSIVE BASE AGAINST THE CHINESE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT. BUT THE FACT IS THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN A LEAVE-IT-ALONE'' ATTITUDE TOWARDS ANTI- CHINA ACTIVITIES BY THE 'HONG KONG ALLIANCE WHICH IS AIMED AT OVERTHROWING THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT. AS A RESULT, ACTIVITIES AGAINST THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IN THE TERRITORY ORGANISED BY A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE HAVE NOT ONLY BEEN UNCHECKED BUT EVEN ON THE
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