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PRIOTY HONG KONG TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
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12 JULY, 1968
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PEKING TELEGRAM NO. 648 : POLICY IN HONG KONG.
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I SUGGEST THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE CURRENT PHASE OF CONFRONTATION
ARE:
(A) THE CPG AT A HIGH LEVEL HAVE ALREADY INSTRUCTED INFLUENTIAL
LOCAL COMMUNIST LEADERS TO DROP VICLENCE AND CONCENTRATE ON BROADEN-
-ING THE BASE OF COMMUNIST SUPPORT. THIS ATTEMPT TO WIN OVER
ADHERENTS IS OF COURSE A POLICY OF MANY YEARS STANDING AND IS
OBVIOUSLY ONE WHICH WILL NEVER BE ABANDONED. TO THIS LIMITED
EXTENT WE ARE ALREADY BACK TO NORMAL, WITH CONFRONTATION IN HONG
KONG LARGELY OVER FOR THE TIME BEING: BUT THE PROPAGANDA ATTACK
IS MORE OVERT AND MORE BITTERLY PROSECUTED THAN PRE-1967, AND
(B) WHATEVER WE DO, ACTIVE CONFRONTATION COULD START UP AGAIN AT
ANY TIME IF THE BALANCE OF INFLUENCE WITHIN THE CPG SHIFTS.
(C) THE POLICY IN (A) HAS GENERALLY SPEAKING BEEN SUCCESSFULLY
IMPOSED AND, PARTLY AS A RESULT, MORALE IN LABOUR CIRCLES PARTIC-
-ULARLY IS LOW: BUT THERE REMAINS A HARD CORE OF THE MILITANTLY
MINDED. THIS MILITANT HARD CORE WILL ALWAYS SEEK TO MAKE TROUBLE,
AND ARE CERTAINLY NOT INTERESTED IN ANY ACCOMODATION WITH US EXCEPT
WHOLLY ON THEIR OWN TERMS. THE AUTHORITY OF THE MODERATE LEADERS
IN THE CPG AND HERE 13 NOT 30 COMPLETE THAT THEY CAN ENTIRELY
DISCLAIM THE MILITANTS. THEY CANNOT AVOID SOME BENDING TO
MILITANT VIEWS, NOS AVOID GIVING THEN SOME OSTENSIBLE SUPPORT. IT
13 INDEED ARGUABLE THAT THE COMMUNIST LEADERSHIP HERE IS AT PRESENT
REALLY QUITE GLAD TO SEE US OCCASIONALLY TAKE A FIRM LINE WITH
THESE PEOPLE.
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(D) THE PRESENT POOR STATE OF SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS, WITH ALL THE
ILL-EFFECTS WHICH FLOW THEREFROM, RESULT ESSENTIALLY FROM A
COMPOUND OF CHINESE FEELINGS OVER LACK OF SUCCESS IN HONG KONG →
SEMICOLON THE GENERALLY OVER-EXCITED EMOTIONAL ATMOSPHERE AN
CHINA SEMICOLON THE NECESSITY TO TAR US WITH THE
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