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Date:
26th June, 1947.
Ref: PRO/1000/3.
WEEKLY SUMMARY OF HONG KONG PRESS REPORTS & COMMENTS
June 15 21, 1947.
1. CHINA.
The "Sinkiang Incident" continued to be the chief topic during the week under review. On June 16 the Wah Kiu Yat Po reported that the incident was to be settled locally, and that it would not be necessary for General Pei Chung-hsi to proceed to Sinkiang. But on June 18 the same paper reported that General Pei would be leading a mission to Sinkiang in the near future. General Pei was described as a Chinese Mohamedan,
who understands conditions in Sinkiang.
It was surmised that Russia aimed at creating an independent, or at least autonomous, state in Sinkiang (Sing Tao Jih Pao of June 16, and Wah Kiu Yat Po of June 21). The Sing Tao Jih Pao of June 18 seemed to hint that the Chinese Central Government might itself grant autonomy to Sinkiang and thereby retain that province's loyalty.
The Wah Kiu Yat Po of June 19 reported an anti-Russian campaign in Shanghai and Nanking, stating that there was general dissatisfaction at the Central Government failing to take a stronger line towards Russia over the Sinkiang Incident.
The same issue of this paper reports the Chinese Mission, which recently returned from its visit of inspection to Port Arthur, as meeting with an unfriendly reception from the Russians. The Mission's visit was confined to Port Arthur, and did not extend to Dairen, as was originally intended. It is said that at a dinner party the Chinese proposed the toast of Stalin, but the Russians failed to reciprocate with a toast to Chiang Kai-shek. The National Times of June 21 reports that members of the Mission were escorted by Russian "liaison officers" whenever they moved about in Port Arthur.
/The Hua Shiang
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