CONFIDENTIAL
FM PEKING
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 442
OF 270819Z MARCH 92
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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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FIRST SECRETARY CALLED ON CHENG RUOYU (FIRST SECRETARY, HKMAO, MFA) ON 27 MARCH TO HAND OVER THE VIDEO REFERRED TO IN TUR. SHE ALSO TOOK CHENG THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THE INCIDENT, REQUESTED THE CHINESE SIDE TO PROVIDE US WITH AN EARLY EXPLANATION AND TO ENSURE
THAT EFFECTIVE MEASURES WERE TAKEN TO PREVENT ANY SIMILIAR
INCIDENTS IN THE FUTURE.
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CHENG THANKED ROGAN FOR THE VIDEO: NCNA HAD NOT SENT A COPY UP TO PEKING. HE SAID THAT THE INCIDENT WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION IN GUANGDONG. IN THE MEANTIME HE SAID IT WOULD BE BETTER IF NO PUBLIC COMMENTS WERE MADE BY HMG OR HKG IN HONG KONG. PUBLICITY WOULD NOT
MAKE THINGS EASIER. ROGAN COMMENTED THAT SINCE THE INCIDENT HAD TAKEN PLACE ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND IN FULL VIEW OF ALL THOSE
HONG KONG RESIDENTS OUT FOR THE DAY IT SEEMED THAT THE CHINESE
VESSEL HAD PAID LITTLE ATTENTION TO PUBLICITY WHEN IT FOLLOWED THE
TAI FEI INTO TOLO HARBOUR. CHENG MADE NO FURTHER COMMENT.
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