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CRITICISM I
HONGKONG AUG 10. REUTER
Mer Radford
OFFICIALS HERE TODAY WERE STUDYING THE CONTENTS OF AN ARTICLE CRITICISING THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT, PUBLISHED IN THE COLONY TODAY BY THE HONGKONG BRANCH OF THE
MUULIST-CONTROLLED NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY.
THE ARTICLE FOLLOWED A GOVERNMENT WORHING TO THE AGENCY LAST WEEK OVER THE DISSEMINATION OF TWO ARTICLES OFFICIALLY DEEMED "LIBELLOUS AND SEDITIOUS.
THE ARTICLES, WHICH REFERRED TO THE AMETHYST INCIDENT, SAID AMONG OTHER THINGS THE INCIDENT "PROFOUNDLY TAUGHT THE CHÍNESE PEOPLE THE VICIOUSNESS OF HYPOCRISY" AND DESCRIBED THE BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE STATEMENT ON THE INCIDENT AS A "TYPICALLY HYPOCRITICAL DOCUMENT.
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THE ARTICLE AT PRESENT UNDER STUDY IS A REDUCED VERSION OF THE ATTACK ON THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT BROADCAST BY THE AGENCY ÖVER COMMUNIST-CONTROLLED PEIFING RADIO LAST NIGHT.
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ACCORDING TO THE RADIO, THE AGENCY REFERRED TO ALLEGED REPRESSIVE MEASURES BY THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT AND SAID: OPINION IN PEIPING POINTS OUT THAT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND THE BRITISH PUBLIC SHOULD CONSIDER THE REACTION TO THE ARBITRARY ACTION OF THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT IN TYRANICALLY OPPRESSING CHINESE RESIDENTS, REGARDLESS OF THE PROTECTION OF LAW-ABIDING BRITISH NATIONALS IN LIBERATED CHINA BY THE CHINESE PEOPLE'S GOVERNMENT."
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THE AGENCY'S ARTICLE PUBLISHED HERE TODAY AGAIN
REFERRED TO "PERSECUTION OF CHINESE BY THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT" AID "ARBITRARY ACTION BY THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT IN TYRANICALLY OPPRESSING CHINESE RESIDENTS IN HONGKONG.
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A HONGKONG GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL TODAY COMMENTED: THE WARNING ALREADY GIVEN, THIS IS PRETTY CHEEKY.
POLITICAL OBSERVERS TODAY SAID THEY BELIEVED THE AGENCY WAS DELIBERATELY SETTING OUT TO PROVOKE THE GOVERNMENT.
THEY SAID THE COMMUNISTS WOULD PROBABLY BE QUITE HAPPY TO
GO UNDERGROUND IF THE AGENCY CLOSED DOWN
SUCH ACTION BY THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT WOULD PROVIDE THE COMMUNISTS WITH A WEAPON AGAINST BRITISH INTERESTS IN COMMUNIST CHIFA. THEY ADDED.
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