are detrimental to the stabilty and prosperity of Hong Kong and harmful
to the relationship between Hong Kong and mainland.
view it with deep concern.
Therefore, we
Both the British Government and Hong Kong Government have repeatedly
promised that they have no intention to turn Hong Kong into an anti-
China subversive base. British Envoy Sir Percy Cradock, Governor
Sir David Wilson, Mr Galsworthy, the British Senior Representative of
JLG and Mr Ehrman, the Political Adviser, have on different occasions,
made the above commitment. We are also aware that some of the Hong
Kong Alliance's anti-China activities were carried out without prior
permission from the authorities concerned of the Hong Kong Government.
Since your side always emphasizes the point that Hong Kong is a region
governed by law, all these illegal activities of the Hong Kong Alliance
aimed at subverting the Central Government should be prevented through
legal procedure. Therefore, the Chinese side once again asks the Hong
Kong Government to treasure Sino-British relations and relationship
between Hong Kong and the mainland and to proceed from the overall
interest of maintaining Hong Kong's stability and prosperity to take
effective measures of prohibiting Hong Kong Alliance's activities to