TNAG-0040-FCO40-76-Border-incidents-with-China-1968 — Page 27

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PRIORITY HONG KONG TO COMMONW.ALTH OFFICE

TELNO 732

UNCLASSIFIED

7 JUNE, 1968

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ADDRESSED CO TELNO 732 OF 7 JUNE RFI PEKING PA SINGAPORE

AND WASHINGTON.

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MY TELEGRAM 723 : BORDER INCIDENT.

THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE WAS BROADCAST FROM ACROSS THE BORDER AT

LO WU AT 1500 TODAY. THE MESSAGE WAS IN CHINESE:

''THE SHUM CHUN AUTHORITIES ARE NOW BROADCASTING TO THE BRITISH

AUTHORITIES. YOU HAVE NOT ALLOWED THE SHUM CHUN FARMERS TO HAVE

The Ik FULL DEMANDS. THE BRITISH HAVE ALSO REFUSED TO ALLOW THE

FARMERS TO ENTER THE POLICE POST TO HOLD HONEST DISCUSSIONS. THE

BRITISH ARMY AND FOLICE MUST WITHDRAW AND REMOVE THE WIRE FENCE,

OR THEY MUST FACE THE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES."'

(THE WIRE FENCE REFERRED TO IS RESUMABLY ONE RECENTLY ERECTED

TO PREVENT THE USE OF A SHORT PASSAGE BETWEEN THE POLICE FOST AND

THE WAITING ROOM AT LO WU.)

2. A LONGER MESSAGE FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY MASSES AT SHUM CHUN'

WAS BROADCAST ACROSS THE BORDER LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. THIS

ACCUSED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OF FAILING TO TAKE A SINCERE

AND TANGIBLE ATTITUDE' TO THE DISPUTE OVER THE INCIDENT OF 29

MAY AND JEMANDED THE REMOVAL OF THE WIRE FENCE AND THE WITHDRAWAL

OF THE ARMY AND ''EXTRA POLICE.'

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