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Mr. Gaminara
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DEDIATE HONG KONG TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO 2147
4 NOVEMBER, 1968
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ADDRESSED F.C.c. AS MY TEL 2147 OF 4TH NOVEMBER, R.F.1.
P.A. SINGAPORE AND WASHINGTON,
FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AND CABINET OFFICS.
MY TELEGRAM NO. 2146 KEFERS.
THERE HAS BEEN EVIDENCE DURING THE WEEK THAT A QUOTE WATERED-
DOWN UNQUCTE VERSION OF THE C.P.G. DIRECTIVE ON FUTURE
COMEUNIST POLICY TOWARDS HONG KONG IS BEING DISSEMINATED
ON A SELECTIVE BASIS TO MIDDLE-FANKING COMMUNISTS IN THE
(3) COLONY (TELEGRAM 2124) IN TWO SEPARATE BRIEFINGS TO PLESS
AND FILM CIFCLES EMPHASIS WAS LAID ON THE LONG TERM AND
PEACEFUL NATURE OF THE QUOTE STRUGGLE UNQUOTE: THE NEED TO
RECTIFY PREVIOUS HISTAKES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF QUOTE
WINNING CVER THE MASSES UNQUOTE. SELF-RELIANCE WAS STRESSED
AND, IN THIS DIRECTION IT WAS STATED CATEGORICALLY THAT
LOCAL COMMUNISTS MUST NOT RELY ON AID FROM CHINA OR INTER-
VENTION FROM THE P.L.A. OR EXPECT ASSISTANCE BY WAY OF
DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE ON BRITAIN FROM THE C.P.G. MINISTRY
OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. THE DISSEMINATION OF THIS DIRECTIVE
TO THE LOCAL COMMUNIST BANK AND FILE PRESENTS THE LOCAL
HIERARCHY WITH CERTAIN PROBLEMS SEMI-COLON THEY ARE, NO
DOUET, IN SOMEWHAT OF A QUANDEY AS HOW TO RETAIN ITS IMPACT
AND MEANING IN ITS ABRIDGED FORM, WITHOUT FURTHER DEPRESS-
ING MORALE.
2.
FOLLOWING A RECENT VISIT TO CANTON A SENIOR OFFICIAL
IN LOCAL COMMUNIST PUBLISHING CIRCLES INFORMED ONE OF HIS
SENIOR STAFF THAT THE P.L.A. ARE NOW FIRMLY IN CONTROL OF
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