CYPHER CAT A
IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 685
CONFIDENTIAL.
RECEIVED INNI LAL
ARCHIVES No. 63
29 MAY 1968
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TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
HWA 2/1
28 MAY 1968
ADDRESSED SECRETARY OF STATE AS MY TELEGRAM NO. 685 DATED 28TH MAY
REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO PEKING PA SINGAPORE, AND WASHINGTON.
175) OUR TELEGRAM 670: USS ENTERPRISE.
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TODAY'S COMMUNIST PRESS GIVES EXTENSIVE COVERAGE TO PROTESTS IN
PEKING AND HONG KONG AGAINST VISIT OF USS'ENTERPRISE'. THE CHINESE
M.F.A. PROTEST NOTE IS GIVEN FRONT PAGE HEADLINES. AN N.C.N.A.
RELEASE DATELINED HONG KONG 27TH MAY REPEATS THE SAME THEMES. THE
LEFT WING PRESS ALSO REPORTS PROMINENTLY THE APPEARANCE YESTERDAY
IN MANY PARTS OF THE COLONY OF ANTI-AMERICAN POSTERS AND HANDBILLS
DEMANDING THAT THE 'ENTERPRISE SHOULD LEAVE HONG KONG, CONDEMNING
US AGGRESSION IN VIETNAM, SUPPORTING US NEGROES' STRUGGLE, AND
PRAISING FRENCH WORKERS AND STUDENTS. THE TA KUNG PO ARTICLE IS
HEADLINED 'FIERCE ANTI-AMERICAN FIRE FLARES UP IN ALL PARTS OF HONG
KONG AND KOWLOON: THE MASSES TAKE TO THE STREETS AND DEMAND THAT
THE NUCLEAR SCOURGE GET OUT'.
2. AN EDITORIAL IN WEN HUI PO CLAIMS THAT THE APPEARANCE OF ANTI-
AMERICAN POSTERS IN HONG KONG DEMONSTRATES THE DETERMINATION OF HONG
KONG AND KOWLOON COMPATRIOTS TO SMASH THE PLOT OF AMERICAN
IMPERIALISM TO USE HONG KONG AS A MILITARY BASE FOR AGGRESSIVE
ACTIVITIES. THE EDITORIAL ALSO WARNS THAT, SO LONG AS THE BRITISH
GOVERNMENT AND THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES DO NOT CHANGE THEIR
ATTITUDE OF COLLUDING WITH AMERICAN IMPERIALISM, THE ANGRY UPSURGE
OF HONG KONG COMPATRIOTS WILL CONTINUE TO WELL UP. IN CONCLUSION IT
INSISTS THAT THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES IMMEDIATELY IMPLEMENT DEMANDS
RAISED IN THE CHINESE NOTE OF PROTEST
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