En Clair
INWARD TELEGRAM
TO THE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
The Secretary of State)
FROM HONG KONG (Sir D. Trench)
D. 12th May 1967 R. 12th
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1957
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IMMEDIATE No.583
Addressed to Commonwealth Office (D.T.D.)
"Peking No.205
Repeated
影響
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" POLAD Singapore No.72
Washington No.111
My telegram No.581 (not to Washington).
Hong Kong disturbances.
The Left Wing papers this morning (12th May) devote the whole of their front page, Hong Kong page and much other space to yesterday's incidents in Sampokong. The reports and photographs are slanted to create the impression of unnecessary police brutality.
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The editorial in the Wen Wei Pao is entitled "A serious warning to Trench". After a brief reference to the earlier incidents at the walled city and the plastic factory the editorial gives a biased description of yesterday's incidents at Sampokong. It then goes on "From this series of bloody suppressions it can be seen completely clearly that this was a planned premeditated action with a purpose taken by the British Imperialist authorities in Hong Kong. This was a challenge by the British Imperialist authorities in Hong Kong to our great Chinese people. This racialist oppression was a serious atrocity committed by the British Imperialist authorities in Hong Kong against our Chinese compatriots in Hong Kong and Kowloon. This was a most brazen anti-China activity taken by the British Imperialist authorities in Hong Kong in carrying out United States imperialism's war policy and amounted to taking United States Imperialism's chestnuts out of the fire".
30 The article adds "And now everything can be seen even more clearly. In the drawing up of this plan the formulation of this decision and the daring to commit such violence the baton has been in the hands of the highest local authority of the British Imperialists in Hong Kong. Trench is the principal troublemaker behind the racialist oppression of our compatriots in Hong Kong and Kowloon and the series of fascist atrocities! Trench has carried out in Hong Kong the war policy of United States Imperialism and has been the spearhead of anti-China activities. All the criminal responsibility for the series of bloody suppressions must be laid at his door".
Lio "We wish severely to put to Trench the question: what do you think you are doing in daring today at the door of our great motherland on territory which has been occupied by the Chinese people over the ages to engage in such frenzied
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