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CONFIDENT IAL
COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
29 MAY 1968
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29 MAY 1968
HWD 2/1
ADDRESSED CO TELEGRAM NO..693 CF 29TH MAY REPEATED PEKING,
HWA3/2 WASHINGTON AND SINGAPORE.
ilēm 526 PEKING TELEGRAM NO. 353, USS ENTERPRISE.
TODAYS LEFT WING PRESS PUBLISHES A STATEMENT BY THE ALL CIRCLES
STRUGGLE COMMITTEE DATED 28TH MAY WHICH CLOSELY REFLECTS MFA'S
PROTEST NOTE. A TA KUNG PAO EDITORIAL ACCUSES THE BRITISH OF
PILING UP NEW DEBTS WHILE OLD ONES REMAIN UNSETTLED, AND OF
FAILING TO CHANGE THEIR HOSTILE ATTITUDE TO THE CHINESE PEOPLE
AND HONG KONG COMPATRIOTS. IT GOES ON TO POINT OUT THAT PEOPLE
ILLEGALLY ARRESTED ARE STILL DETAINED, THAT IMPORTATION GIFT
RICE IS STILL OBSTRUCTED, AND THAT THE AUTHORITIES ARE
SABOTAGING THE MOVEMENT FOR REINSTATEMENT OF STRIKERS. THE
BRITISH ARE URGED TO REMEMBER THAT HONG KONG IS CHINESE TERRITORY,
AND NOT TO SUPPOSE THAT THE CHINESE PEOPLE AND HONG KONG
COMPATRIOTS WILL SIT AND WATCH WHILE THEY DO AS THEY PLEASE.
2. THE COMMUNIST PRESS DOES NOT EMPHASISE THE FACT THAT THE
ENTERPRISE IS STILL HERE IN DEFIANCE OF CHINA'S DEMANDS,
AND THEY WILL PROBABLY REPRESENT ITS SCHEDULED DEPARTURE TOMORROW
AS A 'VICTORY'. THE POSTER CAMPAIGN HAS NOT BEEN SUSTAINED.
FO PLEASE PASS PRIORITY PEKING AS MYTEI 260 AND WASHINGTON AS
MYTEL 6.
SIR D. TRENCH
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
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