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INFO ROUTINE PEKING, WASHINGTON, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
GONG XIAOXIA.
1. OUR TELNO. 1479 REPORTED THAT DAI QING HAD BEEN DENIED ENTRY TO CHINA. WE HAVE SINCE DISCOVERED THAT MS. GONG XIAOXIA, WHO ARRIVED IN HK FROM THE U.S. ON 26 MAY, HAS ALSO BEEN TURNED BACK
FROM CHINA.
2. MS. GONG IS STUDYING FOR A PHD IN SOCIOLOGY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY. SHE HAS BEEN IN THE U.S. SINCE APRIL 1987. SHE WAS ISSUED WITH AN UNREFERRED DOUBLE ENTRY VISA FOR HK BY THE CONSULATE GENERAL IN NEW YORK ON 8 MAY 1992 (HER NAME DID NOT/NOT APPEAR ON THE WATCH LIST). SHE IS TRAVELLING ON AN ORDINARY PRC PASSPORT. IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT THEREFORE ADMITTED HER ON FIRST ENTRY TO HK AND AGAIN ON HER RETURN FROM CHINA. IT WAS ONLY WHEN A LETTER FROM HER TO DENG XIAOPING PROTESTING THAT SHE HAD NOT BEEN ALLOWED TO RETURN TO CHINA WAS PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED DAILY NEWS ON 1 JUNE THAT WE BECAME AWARE OF HER CASE. MING PAO
SUBSEQUENTLY CARRIED THE STORY ON 2 JUNE.
3. MS. GONG TRAVELLED TO CANTON BY THROUGH TRAIN ON 28 MAY. SHE WAS HELD FOR 5 HOURS BEFORE BEING PUT BACK ON THE TRAIN TO HK. WE HAVE SINCE LEARNT THAT SHE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE DISSIDENT MOVEMENT SINCE 1973/74. SHE WAS APPARENTLY THE YOUNGEST FOLLOWER OF THE TRIO WHO WROTE UNDER THE COMPOSITE NAME OF LI YIZHE CLI ZHONGTIAN, CHEN YIYANG, WANG XIZHE). SHE WAS IMPRISONED ALONG WITH THEM IN 1977 AND RELEASED IN 1978. WANG XIZHE IS STILL IN HUAIJI PRISON, WHERE HE IS SERVING A 13 YEAR SENTENCE PASSED ON HIM IN 1981.
4. MS. GONG HAS BEEN GRANTED A 7 DAY EXTENSION TO HER STAY IN HK IN LINE WITH STANDARD PRACTICE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT SHE IS TRYING TO CONVINCE THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES TO ALLOW HER TO ENTER CHINA. IF SHE FAILS, SHE WILL PROBABLY RETURN TO THE U.S. WITH DAI QING
ON 6 JUNE.
WILSON