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TELEGRAM NO. 737
9 JUNE 1968
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ADDRESSED CO TELEGRAM NO. 737 OF 9TH JUNE REPEATED PEKING.
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MY TELEGRAM NO. 753: HONG KONG BORDER.
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MEETING BETWEEN THE POLITICAL ADVISER AND REPRESENTATIVES OF
THE NCNA TOOK PLACE AT NCNA REQUEST AT THE COLONIAL SECRETARIAT
ON 8TH JUNE AND LÅSTED FOR ONE AND A HALF HOURS.
2. VICE DIRECTOR LIANG OPENED BY READING A COMMUNICATION FROM
'APPROPRIATE KWANGTUNG AUTHORITIES' (TEXT IN MY MIFT).
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THE TONE IS FAIRLY MODERATE BY CHINESE STANDARDS AND THE SUBSEQUENT
DISCUSSION WAS COMPARATIVELY REASONABLE. THERE WAS A GOOD DEAL
OF REPETITIOUS DISCUSSION OF THE EVENTS FOLLOWING THE ORIGINAL
INCIDENT AND OF THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEM. THE NCNA SAID THAT
THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES SHOULD APOLIGISE TO THE 'MASSES' FOR
ASSAULTING THEM AND USING TEAR-SMOKE AFTER THE INCIDENT HAD
TAKEN PLACE. THE P.A. REPEATED THAT WE HAD ALREADY EXPRESSED
REGRETS FOR THE OR
ORIGINAL INCIDENT AND THAT THE FURTHER MEASURES
TAKEN BY OUR PERSONNEL WERE IN RESPONSE TO THE DISORDERLY
BEHAVIOUR OF THE PEASANTS.
3. THE NCNA ASSERTED THAT THE PEASANTS ACROSS THE BORDER HAD BEEN
'VERY ANGRY' AT THE INCIDENT AND ADMITTED IN EFFECT THAT THE
BORDER AUTHORITIES HAD BEEN OBLIGED TO RESTRAIN THEM. THE P.A.
TOOK UP THIS POINT AND SAID THAT HE REALISED THAT THE BORDER
AUTHORITIES HAD GENUINE DIFFICULTIES WITH THE PEASANTS AND THAT
THIS WAS UNDERSTOOD ON OUR SIDE. THE NCNA MADE NO ATTEMPT TO
DENY THIS.
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