provocative" act by the Chinese Communists
if it suited their book so to do. It is
improbable, however, that such an act would
appear either unexpected or unnatural to them,
and their counter measures would not seriously
affect their general policy towards ns in
respect of our communities or Hong Kong itself,
which it may reasonably be assumed will con-
form to a pre-determined plan.
4.
The Governor of Hong Kong has not
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expressed any uneasiness regarding a possible
threat to the internal security of the Colony
arising from "provocation" attributed to the
building of such a station. There are ample
opportunities for the Communists to organise
political demonstrations, sabotage, agitation
or strikes on other provocation" counts e.g,
airfield construction.
5.
If a station were brought into action
a close control of its output would he
necessary;, its policy would be based on
presentation of the true facts; it would
naturally eschew mud-slinging at Communism or
the Chinese Communists; and would give no
valid grounds for complaints on the score of
"provocative" conduct of its programmes.
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6.
Its creation would bring into existence
a medium for speaking over an area of South
China to income levels of the population which
the Singapore short-wave station could not
reach: in the light of (1) above this is a
consideration of great importance.
7.
It is possible that the Communists
might seek to erect jammer stations in order
to defeat our object. It is improbable,
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