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change in the tone of their comments. He has used every
conceivable means to undermine our publicity front in Shanghai and
tried to break it through piecemeal. It is urgent that the
Central Publicity Department should to do something about this
before the situation gets entirely out of control, instead of
procrastinating under a lot of complicated procedure of despatch.
6.
The Kuo Ming Jih Pao in Hong Kong under the management of
Mr. Wu Teh-chen does not seem to be doing so well as it should and
in spite of its efforts to promote its circulation by offering the
readers free for a week and charging them at a ridiculous low rate
from them on, the sale is estimated to be no more than 4,000 copies
per day.
Its deficit has already exceeded the monthly allowance of
HK 4,000 from the Governinent. Since the Editor-in-Chief and some
members of the editorial board are men in my service, we are
having a more or less control over the paper.
With affection,
FCW:ec
cc. Messrs. F.C. Wy, C.P. Shan.
Yours affectionately,