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ADDSD TO FO TELNO 545 OF 22/5 RFI GOVERNOR HONGKONG.
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M.I.F.T. VICE MINISTER LO KUEI-PO IN AN ORAL STATEMENT SAID
THAT EVER SINCE THE CHINESE GOVT STATEMENT OF 15 MAY THE BRITISH
AUTHORITIES IN HONGKONG HAD CONTINUED TO DEPLOY LARGE NUMBERS OF
POLICE TO SUPPRESS THE RESIDENTS OF HONGKONG AND COMMIT FASCIST
ATROCITIES. 600 TO 700 ARRESTS HAD TAKEN PLACE INCLUDING OLD MEN
AND CHILDREN. THIS SUPPRESSION WAS STILL SPREADING
. IT MUST CEASE IMMEDIATELY AND THE BRITISH GOVT MUST MAKE A
SPEEDY REPLY TO THE FIVE POINTS OF THE CHINESE GOVT.
2..WHEN YOU SUMMONED SHEN PING THE CHINESE CHARGE ON 19
MAY YOU ADOPTED AN ARROGANT IMPERIALIST ATTITUDE AND SLANDERED
THE CHINESE MASSES. HE PROTESTED AT THIS.
3.. LO FINALLY SAID THAT IN VIEW OF THESE ACTIONS THE 1954 AGREEMENT WHEREBY WE MAINTAINED AN OFFICER IN SHANGHAI HAD LOST ITS ORIGINAL
MEANING. THE CHINESE GOVT THEREFORE ANNULLED IT AND DEMANDED THAT
MR HEWITT SHOULD LEAVE SHANGHAI WITHIN 48 HOURS.
4,. REPLIED THAT I TOOK NOTE OF HIS STATEMENT. I ONCE AGAIN
STRENUOUSLY DENIED THAT THE HONGKONG GOVT WAS OPPRESSING THE PEOPLE
OF HONGKONG. THERE WAS NO QUESTION OF FASCIST ATROCITIES,
THE GOVERNMENT WAS MAINTAINING LAW AND ORDER IN THE FACE OF ILLEGAL
DEMONSTRATIONS. THE POLICE HAD ACTED WITH GREAT RESTRAINT.
5.. LO KUEI PO INTERJECTED THAT MY QUOTE QUIBBLING UNQUOTE WAS
NOT WORTHY OF REFUTATION. HE HAD SUMMONED ME TO TRANSMIT A PROTEST
AND INFORM ME OF A DECISION. HE THEN STARTED TO WALK OUT •
AS HE LEFT I EXPRESSED THE STRONGEST PROTEST AT THE UNILATERAL
A BROGATION OF THE 1954 AGREEMENT AND ASKED WHETHER HEWITT MIGHT
DE WITHDRAWN TO PEKING.
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