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6.
All the above measures, if on examination
they proved practicable and desirable, would
be applied to schools generally and without
discrimination against communist schools.
They would, however, tend to hit communist
schools harder than others. Apart from the
above action, the only other steps that can
be taken against any particular school must
be based on the individual circumstances of
each case.
Views of H.M. Mission in Peking:
7. There is a marked difference of opinion
between the Governor and the Head of our
Mission in Peking over this subject.
The
latter considers that if tough and overt
measures were to be taken against communist
schools in Hong Kong this would represent a
major change in policy. It would be regarded
by the Chinese as a deliberate attack on
communist education as such and it would
nullify all other efforts now being made to
improve Sino-British relations and would
reverse the present trend of improvement in
those relations. It would lead to serious
trouble in Hong Kong and would have most
unpleasant repercussions on British subjects
in China. In particular, it would jeopardise
the outcome of the efforts being made to
secure the release of Mr. Grey, Reuter's
Correspondent in Peking, who has been under
house arrest there for nearly eighteen months.
/Present Confrontation Policy:
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