CHINESE WORKING COMMUNITY IN THE U.K.
Information from secret and reliable sources indicates that groups of Chinese, mostly from the Midlands, have, since July, contributed some £300 to the communist campaign in Hong Kong. Both the "Wen Wei Po" and other local left-wing newspapers in Hong Kong have published acknowledgements of donations to the Anti-Persecution Struggle Committee from Chinese living in the D.K. although they have not identified the donors.
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The most active Chinese pro-communist groups which foregather in clubs and restaurants are in Birmingham, Manchester and leeds. In the former they centre round the Overseas Chinese Recreation Club at 35 Bromsgrove Street, Birmingham, and the low Boat and Heaven Bridge Restaurants, whose proprietor is known to be a keen supporter of the Chinese People's Government (C.P.G.). The pro-C.P.G. club
in Manchester is called the Kiu Leung Association and is housed at 56 Faulkner Street, Manchester. There is a club in Leeds, the Hua Kwang She which operates from the Golden Ring Restaurant. Again the proprietor of this restaurant supports the C.P.G.
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The above information is available for your use and we would suggest that some publicity might be given in Midland papers to this activity. We are, of course, anxious not to alienate in any way those Chinese restauranteurs who support the Hong Kong Government in its present stand.
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We have notieed that there have been a number of articles on the activities of Chinese in the U.K., namely the article in the "Times" of 26th August by Peter Hopkirk, the one in the "People" on 27th August "Trapped by the Red Guards in Soho" by Gloria Stewart, and the "Evening News" articles of 30th August "The Chinese (in those restaurants) are worried" and 1st September "Shadow of Fear over Chinatown, E.14". These, however, with the exception of the article by Gloria Stewart, reflect the other side of the picture.
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We have copied this letter to F.0./FUSD, Miss Forsythe and C.O./D.T.D., Dermot Russell.
Our telephone coversation earlier this week refers.
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