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S.C. RIORDAN, PEKING
020/393/38 OF 07 MAY 1990
FOLLOWING FOR MS. PAMELA MAJOR, H K D, F CO
COPIED TO:
N. MOAKES, APA (S), HONG KONG
G.H. LEICESTER, UKREP JLG, HONG KONG
CHANCERY, SINGAPORE
MS. S. MORTON, RESEARCH DEPARTMENT (FE), F Co
''GODDESS OF DEMOCRACY''
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AN NCNA BULLETIN ON 29 APRIL REAFFIRMED THE CHINESE VIEW
THAT IT WAS ILLEGAL FOR THE ''GODDESS OF DEMOCRACY' SHIP TO BROADCAST AGAINST THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT FROM INTERNATIONAL WATERS. IN SUPPORT OF THIS VIEW THE BULLETIN CITED ''PROVISION 2665 OF
ARTICLE 30 AND PROVISION 4103 OF ARTICLE 59 OF THE 1979 RADIO REGULATIONS''. THE BULLETIN ALSO CLAIMED THAT THE ITU SECRETARY- GENERAL HAD CONFIRMED THAT THE CHINESE SIDE'S VIEW WAS CORRECT
TO THE CHINESE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE UN IN GENEVA ON 9 APRIL.
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A FURTHER NCNA BULLETIN ON THE SAME DAY MADE A STRONGLY WORDED ATTACK ON TAIWAN'S INVOLVEMENT WITH THE 'GODDESS OF DEMOCRACY'' THE BULLETIN CLAIMED THAT TAIWAN HAD PROVIDED HALF OF THE PROJECT'S BUDGET, THAT THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS HAD AGREED TO ALLOW THE SHIP TO ANCHOR IN KEELUNG HARBOUR,
TO
PROVIDE LOGISTIC SUPPORT, AND COORDINATION IN ITS OPERATIONS, THAT THE SHIP'S PROGRAMMES WOULD BE RELAYED BY A TRANSMITTER IN KEELUNG, AND THAT YAN JIAQI, WAN RUNNAN AND WU'ER KAIXI WOULD BOARD THE SHIP IN TAIWAN. IN SUPPORTING THE ''GODDESS OF DEMOCRACY'' SHIP THE TAIWAN AUTHORITIES WERE TAKING A NEW STEP IN OPPOSING THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND CREATING DISTURBANCES ON THE MAINLAND. THE TAIWAN AUTHORITIES HAD MEDDLED IN LAST YEAR'S
ANTI-GOVERNMENT REBELLION ON THE MAINLAND AND SINCE THEN HAD ENCOURAGED AND SUPPORTED DEFECTORS WANTED BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IN CONTINUING THEIR SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES. NOW THEY WERE INTENSIFYING THEIR EFFORTS BY ORGANISING THESE DEFECTORS TO
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