En Clair
PEKING TO FOREIGN OFFICE
Telno. 1019
UNCLASSIFIED
371
5 August 1967
Addressed to Foreign Office telegram No. 1019 of 5 August Repeated for information to Hong Kong, POLAD Singapore and Washington.
'Peoples Daily' of 5 August reports rally held in Peking on 4 August attended by over 15,000 Red Guards and representa- tives of news and film circles in the capital to condemn actions of Hong Kong authorities. Members of the Cultural Revolution Group, Kuan Feng and Ch'i Pen-yu, leaders of newspaper and film circles and representatives of various international organisations now in Peking including Djawoto, Secretary of the Afro-Asian Journalists Organisation, were all present.
2. Speakers at rally condemned "illegal sentences" passed on NCNA correspondent Hsieh Ping and other patriotic reporters and film workers in Hong Kong. Rally denounced "white terror" being practised in Hong Kong and demanded immediate release of journalists and film workers. A protest telegram was sent to Hong Kong authorities and a telegram of support to Hong Kong compatriots.
3. Second item reports that Hong Kong newspapers are receiving many letters pledging support for patriotic reporters arrested by the Hong Kong authorities.
Mr. Hopson
FO/CO/WH DISTRIBUTION
F.E.D.
Sent 0800Z/5 August 1967 Recd 10252/5 August 1967
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