EN CLAIR
AND BY BAG
FOREIGN OFFICE TO PEKING
TELNO 1070
8 DECEMBER 1967
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ADDRESSED TO PEKING TELEGRAM NUMBER 1070 OF 8 DECEMBER REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO HONG KONG AND SAVING TO WASHINGTON AND H.C. SINGAPORE.
ON 7 DECEMBER NEWS DEPARTMENT CONFIRMED THAT YOU HAD BEEN SUMMONED TO RECEIVE A PROTEST ON 6 DECEMBER ABOUT EVENTS IN HONG KONG. THEY ALSO SAID THE FOLLOWING ON THE RECORD:
QUOTE MR, HOP SON REJECTED THE PROTEST AS BEING COMPLETELY AT VARIANCE WITH THE FACTS. AS MR. HOPSON POINTED OUT DURING THE INTERVIEW ON 6 DECEMBER, THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ARE DETERMINED TO PROTECT THE POPULATION OF HONG KONG FROM ACTS OF TERRORISM AND TO GUARD THEIR SAFETY AND LIVELIHOOD. THE CHUNG HUA SCHOOL WAS CLOSED FOLLOWING AN EXPLOSION IN WHICH A CHILD TRYING TO MAKE A BOMB HAD HIS HAND BLOWN OFF. H.M. GOVERNMENT HAS STATED MANY TIMES THAT THEY WISH TO RESTORE NORMAL WORKING RELATIONS BETWEEN BRITAIN AND CHINA, BUT THIS IS A TWO WAY PROCESS. UNQUOTE.
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