venemous character of the worst Red Guard type.
Although Shen Ping speaks and understanda
English quite adequately he will not appear without HSIEH at his
elbow and, in any
discussion
Sonversation about Hong Kong, selfy the,
mot limit
latter whe would take control op the Chinese
He would intervene, as he did at the eide. There is no prospect whatever
of having
interview under reference,
any rational discussion with him. His tactic
would simply be to repeat the Peking statement
tatement woul
with ever increasing violence and abuse, and make
3. This would still be the case if Hsiung
Hsiang-hui, the Chargé d'Affaires en titre,
returned to his post. He also will not
conduct official business without the presence of HSIEH.
,and seeme as much under his
control as is Shen Ping.
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Your telegram No. 612, paragraph 3.
In the interview with the Chinese Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
reported in Foreign Office telegram No. 322 to Peking, de la Mare
deliberately did not refer to events in Hong Kong but limited himself to
the events of 16 May in Peking and Shanghai. This was partly because the
seriousness of the Shanghai case made it necessary to call Shen Ping in
immediately and the statement under preparation about Hong Kong
(paragraph 4 of your telegram under reference) was not yet approved.
The
2. But even if this had not been the case the Foreign Office would have
had the gravest doubts about the usefulness of attempting to discuss
Hong Kong with the Chinese here. interview with Shen Ping gave us
further evidence that, as we already suspected, he is dominated by his
so-called
This man is a venemous character
interpreter Hsieh Chi-Wei, of the worst Red Guard type. Although Shen
Ping speaks and understands English quite adequately he will not appear
without Hsieh at his elbow and, in any discussion about Hong Kong the
latter would not limit himself to interpretation, would intervene, as he
did at the interview under reference, with ever increasing violence and
abuse, and would make any rational discussion impossible.
3.
He
He
This would still be the case if Hsiung Hsiang-hui, the Chargé d'Affaires
en titre, returned to his post. also will not conduct official business
without the presence of Hsieh.
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X Leuiter is
H.M.G. regret that the statement issued in Peking on May 15th
the
about disturbances in Hong Kong, should apparently have been based
on inaccurate reports about the actual course of events. The
true facts are as followe.
2. The recent disturbances in Kowloon arose from an industrial dispute
in April between workes and their employers about wages and conditions
of employment involving 650 workers in two factories producing
artificial flowers. The injection moulding sections of both factories
were closed and the workers were dismissed. A Settlement could not be
reached in negotiations between employers and workers. The Labour
Department of the Hong Kong Government offered its services in an effort
to help the parties to reach agreement, but this offer was refused by
both sides.
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broke out on the 6th May outside one of these factories which
was situated in Kowloon. The police clearly informed those involved of
the laws governing peaceful picketing, warned them repeatedly of the
consequences of disorder and urged them to desist. These warnings went
unheeded, and the police were therefore obliged to act to keep the
peace. As a result, 21 persons were arrested, Subsequent efforts by the
Labour Department to bring the parties together to discuss their
difficulties and try to reach an agreed settlement were frustrated by
the outbreak of further disorders on May 11th in the vicinity of the
same factory. Again after repeated warnings the police were obliged to
take action to keep the peace and 143 persons were arrested. There were
more disorders in the same area between 12th and 14th May and a further
257 persons were arrested, All cases of arrest are being treated in the
normal way in accordance with the due process of the law. By 17th May of
those arrested 128 had been charged with riot, 100 with unlawful
assembly, 91 with breaking the curfew and 88 with such offences as
assault and affray. 14 have been released without charges preferred and
12 have been acquitted.
4. Throughout the disturbances the Hong Kong police, a number of whom
were injured in the three days of rioting, have shown great restraint in
carrying out their responsibilities and have used the minimum force.
5. In labour matters the Hong Kong Government's policy is to make
available the specialist services of its Labour Department
ive impartial help to management and trade unions to settle
give
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any dispute that may arise between them.
It has already done
so on this occasion and remains ready to do all it can to
facilitate a settlement,
6.
The Hong Kong Government has an inescapable duty to maintain law and
order as impartially and fairly as possible for the benefit of all in
Hong Kong. H.M.G. fully support the Hong Kong Government in fulfilling
its duty both in maintaining law and order and in the efforts it is
making to bring about a settlement of the industrial dispute. It is
emphasised that the original cause of these disturbances is a
comparatively small industrial conflict which it should be possible to
settle soon if the management and trade unions would sit down together
to discuss it in reason and goodwill. X
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