EN CLAIR
FRIORITY HONG KONG TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO. 615
UNCLASSIFIED
16 MAY 1968
ADDRESSED CO TELEGRAM NO. 615 OF 16TH MAY REPEATED PEKING,
PA SINGAPORE, AND WASHINGTON.
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RECAVED IN Na. 603
AREA 17 MAY 1958
HWB 2/1
FOLLOWING IS FULL SUMMARY OF NONA ARTICLE DATELINED HONG KONS
14 MAY WHICH WAS CARRIED BY THE COMMUNIST EVENING PRESS YESTERDAY
AND GIVEN PROMINENCE IN THE TWO MAIN COMMUNIST PAPERS TODAY
TODAY
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BEGINS:
A.
RECENTLY WARSHIPS OF THE 7TH FLEET TAKING PART IN THE WAR OF
AGGRESSION AGAINST VIETNAM HAVE BEEN APPEARING EVEN MORE
FREQUENTLY IN HONG KONG. THIS SHOWS THAT AMERICAN IMPERIAL I SM
IS INTENSIFYING ITS USE OF HONG KONG AS A BASE FOR EXPANDING
THE WAR OF AGGRESSION IN VIETNAM AND THREATENING CHINA'S SECURITY.
IN THE MONTH OF APRIL THERE WAS A 50% INCREASE IN THE AVERAGE
MONTHLY NUMBER OF VISITS BY AMERICAN WARSHIPS. THESE VISITS
HAVE BECOME PARTICULARLY FREQUENT SINCE THE END OF APRIL, WHEN
JOHNSON HELD SECRET TALKS IN HONOLULU. THIS SHOWS THAT JOHNSONS
PEACE TALKS ARE A COMPLETE FRAUD, AND THAT THEY ARE AN EVIL
PLOT TO DISGUISE INTENSIFICATION OF THE VIETNAM WAR.
DURING THE LAST YEAR THERE HAVE BEEN ALMOST 400 VISITS BY U.S.
WARSHIPS. THIS IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL FOR THE LAST 12YEARS. ALMOST
ALL THE WARSHIPS TAKING PART IN THE WAR OF AGRESSION AGAINST
VIETNAM HAVE COME TO HONG KONG IT IS PARTICULARLY NOTEWORTHY
THAT THE NUMBER OF NUCLEAR POWERED SHIPS HAS ALSO INCREASED,
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AND LAST YEAR 4 SUCH VESSELS CAME TO HONG KONG, INCLUDING THE USS
'ENTERPRISE'.
SINCE 1961, WHEN THE U.S. EXPANDED THE WAR IN VIETNAM, THERE
HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 2,000 VISITS BY WARSHIPS, AND MORE THAN
200,000 VISITS BY U.S. SERVICEMEN.
IN RECENT YEARS U.S. USE OF KAI TAK AIRPORT HAS ALSO BECOME MORE
FREQUENT. IN FACT U.S. IMPERIALISM HAS MADE HONG KONG AN AIR
TRANSIT POINT FOR S.E. ASIA. MORE THAN 30 U.S. BASES IN THE S.E.
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC HAVE AIR TRAFFIC WITH KAI TAK AIRPORT.
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