UNCLASSIFIED
HKC225/1
RECE
UNCLASSIFIED
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE SHANGHAI
TELNO 4
OF 21173OZ JANUARY 91
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, HONG KONG
0 7 FEB 1991
Js.
140517 MDHOAN 6105
FROM FED
DESECRATION OF SEAMEN'S GRAVES
1. WE HAVE MPS LETTER ABOUT GRAVES OF 23 SEAMEN.
APPARENTLY
SAILORS FROM FRIGATES AMETHYST, CONSORT AND LONDON KILLED BY GUNFIRE IN APRIL 1949 WERE BURIED NEAR SHANGHAI. GRAVES NOW ALLEGEDLY BULLDOZED TO PREPARE GROUND FOR BUILDING.
2. GRATEFUL ANY BACKGROUND DESKBY 230900Z.
HURD
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
19
MINIMAL
FED
NNNN
DISTRIBUTION
19
HKD