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TELNO 629 18 JULY, 1967
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ADDSD PEKING TELNO. 629 OF 18/7 RPTD FOR INFMN TO POLAD SINGAPORE AND HONG KONG AND SAVING TO WASHINGTON,
(307) HONG
HONG KONG TELNO.10448
IN HONG KONG.
ACTIVITIES OF BANK OF CHINA OFFICIALS
AFTER THE EXCHANGE ON DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY REPORTED IN M.I.P.T, DE LA MARE SAID THAT HE HAD ONE FURTHER QUESTION TO RAISE. THERE HAD RECENTLY BEEN TWO CASES OF CHINESE CARRYING OUT ACTIVITIES WHICH WERE NOT PROPER FOR THOSE GIVEN PROTECTION AS DIPLOMATS OR FOREIGN OFFICIALS. WHEN PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS HAD TAKEN PLACE OUTSIDE THE CHINESE OFFICE IN LONDON ON 4 JUNE (MY TELNO. 575) MEMBERS OF CHINESE OFFICE HAD SALLIED OUT AND INTERFERED WITH THE DEMONSTRATORS. THIS MIGHT NOT BE A VERY GRAVE ISSUE BUT A WORSE CASE HAD JUST OCCURRED IN HONG KONG, ON 15 JULY WHEN A BRITISH TELEVISION REPORTER AND HIS CAMERAMAN WERE TAKING PICTURES IN THE STREET OUTSIDE THE BANK OF CHINA, CHINESE FROM INSIDE THE BUILDING, SOME DRESSED IN THE UNIFORM OF BANK MESSENGERS, RUSHED OUT, ATTACKED THEM AND STOLE THEIR CAMERA. H.M. GOVERNMENT TOOK A SERIOUS VIEW OF THIS INCIDENT.
2 SHEN PING JUMPED AT THIS CHANCE TO TAKE A PREPARED STATEMENT ABOUT HONG KONG FROM HIS POCKET, ADDING AS A PREFACE THAT IT HAD BEEN QUITE CORRECT FOR MEMBERS OF THE CHINESE OFFICE IN LONDON TO LEAVE THEIR BUILDING AND DEMAND THAT THE POLICE CALL ON DEMONSTRATORS TO CEASE THEIR PROVOCATIVE ACTIONS. HIS STATEMENT ON HONG KONG WAS A CONCOCTION OF RECENT PEOPLE'S DAILY ARTICLES ON THE SUBJECT. HE MENTIONED THE SHA TAU KOK INCIDENT AND THE QUOTE KIDNAPPING OF THE N.C.N.A. REPORTER UNQUOTE AND SAID THAT QUOTE SANGUINARY ATROCITIES
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