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Ambassador not to take it too seriously.
On 22 April the
Chinese raised this subject with our Ambassador in Peking
stressing the similarity between this draft report and the
McConnell Bill.
FILM CENSORSHIP: COMPASSION IN EXILE
E 7. Chen Rongchun of NCNA called on the Political Adviser on
22 April to complain about a film, "Compassion in Exile", a
documentary showing at the Hong Kong International Film
Festival. It is basically a biography of the Dalai Lama,
but including a good deal about the fate of Tibet and the
Tibetans under Chinese rule. The Television and
Entertainment Licensing Authority failed to refer it to the
PA's office, but had they done so, HKG would almost
certainly have decided that the down side both locally and
internationally of seeking to ban it would have been worse
than the Chinese criticism. They explained to Chen that it was now not possible under the law to withdraw permission for its showing.
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