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3/0 letter.
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75
Top Secret. Secret Confidential. Restricted. Unclassified.
To:-
W.H. Loveys, Esq., M.P.,
House of Commons.
From
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
67
watcher
For signature by Lord Shepherd.
George Thomas has passed on to me
I am replying your letter of the
9th September to George Thomas with which you
enclosed a letter from one of your constituents,
Mrs. Olive Lewis, on the subject of Hong Kong.
The Ta Kung Pas was not one of the three
newspapers recently suspended by the Hong Kong
Courts. The papers in question were the
Tin Fung Yat Po, the Hong Kong Evening News
and the Afternoon News; and the ban on these
three papers is being strictly enforced.
So far as the Ta Kung Pao is concerned, the
Hong Kong authorities are, of course, fully
aware, of the nature and tone of the material
has been publishing that it publiches. But the question of taking
action against this particular newspaper (and a
number of others) is not a straightforward one
and the advantages and disadvantages of such
action need to be carefully weighed. I am in
close
constant touch with the Hong Kong authorities
Quer this subject and Mrs. Lewis may rest
continering assured that the situation is
is under constant
benj very confily review.
carefully
I return Mrs. Lewis' letter and its
enclosure.
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