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HONGKONG SEPT 2 REUTER THE CHINESE COMMUNIST BAN ON FOREIGN NEWS AGENCY SERVICES IN SHANGHAI WAS DESCRIBED BY THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST HERE TODAY AS THE CLIMAX OF A CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE WESTERN POWERS AND THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS.
IT SAID THE FIRST PART OF THE CAMPAIGN WAS CONDUCTED UNDERGROUND. LABOUR TROUBLE, APPARENTLY COMMUNIST- INSPIRED, FORCED THE AMERICAN-OWNED SHANGHAI EVENING POST TO STOP PUBLISHING.
NEXT MOVE WAS TO IMPOSE A CENSORSHIP ON ALL OUT-GOING DESPATCHES BY AGENCIES AND CORRESPONDENTS IN SHANGHAI.
"IN THE MEANTIME, LABOUR AGITATIONS FOR IMPOSSIBLE
WAGE DEMANDS FORCED AGENCIES TO CEASE THE LOCAL DISTRIBUTION OF THEIR SERVICE."
THE NEWSPAPER PREDICTED THAT THE NEXT MOVE WOULD BE A BAN
ON SHORTWAVE RADIO SETS.
AFTER THE BAN ON FOREIGN NEWS SERVICES, THE BRITISH- OWNED NORTH CHINA DAILY NEWS IN SHANGHAI ANNOUNCED THAT IT WOULD ASK COMMUNIST PERMISSION TO CLOSE DOWN.
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