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OF FIGHTING THE BRITISH ON THE 'BATTLEFIELD' HAD
BEEN MISTAKEN BECAUSE IT LEFT NO ROOM TO MANOEUVRE ON EITHER
SIDE. IN FUTURE THEY WOULD HAVE TO CHOOSE THEIR GROUND CAREFULLY
SEMICOLON NEGOTIATIONS WERE A MATTER FOR CONSIDERATION ONLY IF ONE
COULD SPEAK FROM A POSITION OF STRENGTH. IN DISCUSSING THE
'OVERALL POLICY AND STRATEGY' THE SPEAKER SAID THAT THE DIRECTIVE
CALLED FOR A VICTORY IN THE PROPAGATION OF MAO THOUGHT SEMICOLON HE EMPHASISED THAT ALL MUST HAVE A CLEAR CONCEPT OF THE SITUATION
AND MUST REALIZE THAT THE COMMUNIST ARE NEITHER GOING TO 'HASTEN.
THE LIBERATION OF HONG KONG NOR 'ENGAGE IN A SHOOTING WAR WITH
THE BRITISH'. AS IT WAS FELT THAT THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES WOULD
NOT ALWAYS FOLLOW THE SAME COURSES OF ACTION, IT WAS NECESSARY TO
RE-APPRAISE THE SITUATION AND, AFTER STRESSING TO COMMUNIST FOLLOWERS
ITS LONG-TERM AND ROUTINE NATURE, TO COMMENCE A NEW PHASE OF THE
STRUGGLE WHICH AMOUNTED TO A RETURN TO NORMAL WORK WITH EMPHASIS
ON COMMERCE AND GENERAL, UNITED FRONT ACTIVITY.
3. THE SPEAKER POINTED OUT THAT COMMUNISTS HERE MUST REALIZE THAT
THE LOCAL SCENE WAS ONLY ONE FACET OF THE OVERALL
STRUGGLE. THUS, HONG KONG AFFAIRS HAD TO BE VIEWED WITHIN
THE BROAD CONTEXT OF CHINA'S FOREIGN POLICY. IT MUST BE REALIZED Too
THAT SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS DID NOT HINGE ON THE HONG KONG PROBLEM
NEVERTHELESS THE LATTER COULD BE USED AT TIMES TO BRING PRESSURE TO
BEAR ON THE BRITISH. HE EMPHASISED THAT THERE WERE TWO LEVELS OF THE
ACTIVITY, ONE DIPLOMATIC AND THE OTHER IN HONG KONG, BOTH OF WHICH
REQUIRED SEPARATE STRATEGIES SEMICOLON HOWEVER, THE LOCAL STRUGGLE
MUST BE GEARED TO CHINA'S OVERALL POLICY - THE PLANNING AND MANOEUV-
-RING IN CONNECTION WITH SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS MUST BE LEFT TO
THE EXPERTS IN PEKING.
4. IN A SHORT REFERENCE TO THE DETENTION OF ANTHONY GREY, SEEMINGLY
DESIGNED TO PREPARE THE LOCAL COMMUNISTS FOR HIS RELEASE, IT
STATED THAT FREEING HIM WOULD NOT ADVERSELY EFFECT THE LOCAL
COWNIST CAUSE WHILE, ON THE 21ER MANO, ONTTRKE BEAUMTE
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COULD COKPLICATE (IN WAYS UHSTICIFTED? THE STRUSCLE.
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