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PEKING TELNO 210: NCNA DEMARCHE ON PLANNED RALLY BY THE HONG KONG ALLIANCE AND HONG KONG POST-SECONDARY STUDENTS UNION'

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1. HUANG QUANHENG, DIVISION CHIEF OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT OF NCNA CALLED IN ON 28 SEPTEMBER TO DELIVER BASICALLY THE SAME DEMARCHE TO THE ASSISTANT POLITICAL ADVISER. ON CLOSING, HUANG ASKED HKG TO TAKE RESOLUTE MEASURES TO PREVENT THE PLANNED ACTIVITIES FROM TAKING PLACE AND TO ENSURE THE NORMAL WORKING OF THE NCNA OFFICE AND THE SMOOTH PROCEEDING OF THE CHINESE NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATIONS ON 30 SEPTEMBER. HE DID NOT/NOT REFER TO THE SHOOTING INCIDENT.

2. LEE REPLIED ON STANDARD LINES. THE POLICE WERE WELL ARE OF THE PLANNED ACTIVITIES ON 29 AND 30 SEPTEMBER AND WOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO MAINTAIN LAW AND ORDER. HUANG THEN REMARKED THAT THESE DEMONSTRATIONS BY THE HONG KONG ALLIANCE AND THE 'HONG KONG POST- SECONDARY STUDENTS UNION'' WERE LOSING PUBLIC SUPPORT AND THAT THE NUMBERS WERE GETTING SMALLER, BUT THEY WERE NEVERTHELESS ''ARROGANT''. HE LEFT IT AT THAT AND DID NOT/NOT REFUTE OUR STANDARD RESPONSE.

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