UNCLASSIFIED
FM SHANGHAI
TO DESKBY 23090OZF CO
TELNO 005
OF 23070OZ JANUARY 91
AND TO ROUTINE DOE HONG KONG
UNCLASSIFIED
HKC225/1
RECE
0 7 FEB 1991
.
146044 MDHIAN 0123
SIC
FOR FED
YOUR TELNO 4: DESECRATION OF SEAMEN'S GRAVES
1.
FOLLOWING LETTERS RECEIVED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS FROM THE RELATIVES OF UK CITIZENS BURIED IN SHANGHAI, WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY SOUGHT INFORMATION FROM THE SHANGHAI FUNERAL AND CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT ON THE WHEREABOUTS OF BRITISH GRAVES. THE HONGQIAO CEMETERY IN THE SOUTH-WEST OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY, WHERE ALL THESE PEOPLE WERE BURIED, WAS DESTROYED AT THE TIME OF THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION. THE LAND ON WHICH IT STOOD WAS CLEARED AND HAS LONG SINCE BEEN BUILT OVER.
2. WE ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY OTHER CEMETERIES IN OR AROUND SHANGHAI WHERE BRITISH CITS ARE BURIED. IF YOU NEED ANY FURTHER INFO PLEASE SUPPLY MORE DETAILS (I.E. NAME OF CEMETERY, NAMES OF SEAMEN, DATES OF BIRTH AND DEATH ETC).
3.
WE HAVE RECEIVED A SEPARATE BUT PRESUMABLY RELATED ENQUIRY FROM DOE IN HONG KONG ASKING ABOUT THE REMAINS OF TWO BRITISH SAILORS BURIED AT HONGQIAO AND WE ARE THEREFORE COPYING THIS REPLY TO THEM.
WELLFARE
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