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IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TELNO 390. TO PEKING
6 OCTOBER 1968
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ADDRESSED PEKING AS HY TELEGRAM NO. 399 DATED 6TH OCTOBER, REPEATED
FOR INFORMATION TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE.
YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 536
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I HOPE MY TELEGRAMS NOS. 2062 AND 2063 GIVE YOU ENOUGH INFORMATION.
2. THERE IS NO BASIS TO ALLEGATION OF ASSAULTS ON THE 3 NCNA
REPORTERS. YOU COULD REFER TO THE TESTIMONY OF SOUTH CHINA MORNING
POST EDITORIAL OF 5TH OCTOBER (PARAGRAPH 2 OF MY TELEGRAM NO. 2062).
3. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE AT THE MOMENT TO DENY THE ALLEGATION ABOUT THE
TA KUNG PAO REPORTER. THE COMMUNIST STATEMENT IN MY TELEGRAK NO. 2064
SAYS HE WAS IN FRONT OF THE BANK OF CHINA BUILDING. THE
OTHER REPORTERS WERE IN STATUE SQUARE. HE MAY WELL HAVE BEEN AN
UNIDENTIFIABLE MEMBER OF THE CROWD AND MAY HAVE COME INTO PHYSICAL
CONTACT WITH THE POLICE. YOU COULD SAY THAT WE ARE ENQUIRING.
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PRIORITY HONG KONG TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO 2064
CLASSIFIED ·
5 OCTOBER, 1968
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ADDRESSED T. C.O. TELEGRAM NO. 2064 OF 5 OCTOBER
REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO PEKING
RECEIVED IN
ARCHIVES No. 53
AND SAVING TO: SINGAPORE
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MY TELEGRAM 2063.
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HZB 1/17
FOLLOVING IS TRANSLATION OF TEXT OF NCNA DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT:
WHILE THE THREE NONA AT 1045 PM ON THE EVENING OF OCTOBER 3RD,
REPORTERS LI WEI-TING, LU HAN-LIN AND LIANG MAN-HWA WERE GATHERING
MATERIAL OUTSIDE THE BANK OF CHINA BUILDING ABOUT THE PATRIOTIC
COMPATRIOTS ENJOYING THE COLOURFUL DECORATIONS, THEY WERE SURROUNDED
BY MORE THAN TWENTY HONG KONG BRITISH POLICEMEN AND ABUSED,
FORCIBLY SEARCHED AND VIOLENTLY ASSAULTED. WE LODGE A SERIOUS.
PROTEST AGAINST THIS ARROGANT AND UNREASONABLE INTERFERENCE IN
NORMAL PRESS FREEDOM.
OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS, THE PATRIOTIC COMPATRIOTS HAVE EVERY-
WHERE PUT UP DECORATIONS TO CELEBRATE THE GREAT FESTIVAL OF THE
19TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, AND HAVE
SOLEMNLY CELEBRATED IT. AS IN PAST YEARS, NUMBERS OF PATRIOTIC
COMPATRIOTS HAVE GONE CUT INTO THE STREETS TO LOOK AT THE PATRIOTIC
DECORATIONS IN VARIOUS BUILDINGS OVER THE NATIONAL DAY
PERIOD. THIS IS THE SACRED AND INVIOLABLE RIGHT OF PATRIOTIC
COMPATRIOTS. HOWEVER, ON THE EVENINGS OF OCTOBER 1ST, 2ND AND
3RD THE HONG KONG BRITISH AUTHORITIES HAVE SENT SEVERAL HUNDREDS
OF RIOT POLICE AND POLICEMEN TO CARRY OUT REPEATEDLY PROVOCATIVE
PATROLS IN THE VICINITY OF THE BANK OF CHINA BUILDING: THE UNREASON-
ABLY FORCED OUR PATRIOTIC COMPATRIOTS TO LEAVE THE SCENE AND
VICLATED OUR COMPATRICTS' PATRIOTIC RIGHTS. ON THE
EVENING OF THE 3RD, THE HONG KONG BRITISH POLICE EVEN WENT SO
FAR AS TO ASSAULT OUR TA KUNG PAO REPORTER, WHO WAS GATHERING
MATERIAL IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING, AND ALSO VARIOUS COMPATRICTS
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WHO WERE ENJOYING THE NATIONAL DAY DECORATIONS FROM IN FRONT OF THE BANK OF CHINA DOORS, INCLUDING EMPLOYEES OF THE BANK OF CHINA,
THE CHINA STATE BANK AND THE CHINA RESOURCES COMPANY. THE POLICE
ALSO BROKE FOUR ELECTRIC BULBS. IN THE DECORATIONS HUNG UP OUTSIDE
THE CHEKIANG FIRST BANK, AND UNREASONABLY ARRESTED THREE PATRIOTIC COMPATRIOTS. THE HONG KONG BRITISH AUTHORITIES /GP. UNDEC ?CARRYING/OUT THIS KIND. OF ARROGANT AND UNREASONABLE PROVOCATION ON THE GREAT
FESTIVAL OF THE 19TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE PEOPLES!
REPUBLIC OF CHINA IS A SERIOUS INCIDENT: IT ILLUSTRATES THE HOSTILITY
OF THE HONG KONG BRITISH TO OUR GREAT SOCIALIST COUNTRY, AND
THEIR VIOLATION OF OUR COMPATRICTS SACRED AND INVIOLABLE RIGHT
TO WARMLY LOVE THEIR MOTHER COUNTRY. I LODGE A SERIOUS PROTEST
WITH THE HONG KONG BRITISH AUTHORITIES AGAINST THIS KIND OF FASCIST
ATROCITY. IT MUST BE POINTED OUT THAT IT IS FUTILE FOR THE HONG
KONG BRITISH AUTHORITIES TO TRY TO USE THIS KIND OF BASE METHOD
TO DESTROY THE GREAT POLITICAL INFLUENCE OF OUR COUNTRY'S NATION-
AL DAY. THIS REVEALS EVEN MORE THE WEAK NATURE OF THE HONG KONG
BRITISH. IT CERTAINLY WILL NOT CHANGE THE DESPERATE
SITUATION OF THE HONG KONG BRITISH, NOR WILL IT SHAKE THE ANTI-
VIOLENCE STRUGGLE SPIRIT OF THE HONG KONG PATRIOTIC COMPATRIOTS.
THE HONG KONG BRITISH MUST IMMEDIATELY STOP ALL ACTIVITIES VIOLATING
OUR HONG KONG COMPATRIOTS WARM LOVE OF THEIR MOTHER COUNTRY,
MUST APOLOGISE TO OUR REPORTERS WHO WERE ARROGANTLY ASSAULTED,
AND MUST GUARANTEE THAT SUCH AN INCIDENT DOES NOT OCCUR AGAIN.
OTHERWISE THE HONG KONG BRITISH AUTHORITIES WILL HAVE TO TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL THE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES.
F.O. PLEASE PASS PRIORITY PEKING.
SIR D. TRENCH
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