TNAG-0077-FCO40-113-Action-against-Communist-press-1967 — Page 97

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Following from Galsworthy.

Your telegram No. 1112.

COMMUNIST PRESS

We have been considering this urgently with Foreign Office, and are about to submit to Ministers.

There are however two points on which we would first

welcome your further views.

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We entirely understand arguments in favour of action against Communist press now, and we accept that if action is to be taken it would be wise to

-owned move first against selected independent papers. We

very doubtful whether do not however believe that such action would curb activities of leading Communist press.

papers/especially the two

It seem us almost inevitable that any measures taken against former would lead very quickly to need to consider similar measures against the latter, particularly if material which had resulted in action against independent newspapers appeared in identical or similar form in the leading Communist press.

see things from here, a dangerous situation would arise if the leading Communist press two mainland owned papers)

owned by the GTP.Cwere to continue to publish

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