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CYPHER/CAT A

ROUTINE PEKING

CONFIDENTIAL

TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

PEKING TEINO 5 TO HONG KONG 7 JANUARY 1970

CONFIDENTIAL

ADDRESSED TO HONG KONG TELNO 5 OF 7 JANUARY REPEATED

FOR INFORMATION (ROUTINE) TO FCO,

MY TELMOS 19 AND 11 TO FCO: DEATH OF TRADE UNION LEADER.

I NOTE FROM THE LIC REPORT AND FROM THE ENGLISH EDITION

OF THE TA KUNG PAO OF 1 JANUARY (JUST RECEIVED BY BAG)

THAT THE COMMUNISTS HAVE LAUNCHED A MAJOR PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN

FOLLOWING, THE DEATH, AND REPRESENTATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE TO

THE COLONIAL SECRETARIAT. IT WOULD HAVE MADE MY TASK AT THE

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS MUCH EASIER IF I COULD HAVE BEEN

INFORMED AT THE TIME OF THE

LINE THE LOCAL COMMUNISTS WERE

TAKING AND OF ANY OFFICIAL REPLY WHICH WAS MADE TO THE REPRES-

ENTATIONS.

2. THIS IS A SERIOUS CASE AND HAS AN ODVIOUS BEARING ON THE

POSITION OF DETAINED BRITISH SUBJECTS. I MUST THEREFORE

REPEAT MY REQUEST THAT IN MATTERS OF THIS SORT I SHOULD BE

KEPT FULLY AND PROMPTLY INFORMED.

MR. DENSON

FILES

H.K.D.

.E.D.

P.U.S.D. I.R.D. NEWS DEPT MR.WILFORD

RECEIVED IN

REGISTRY No, 51 - 7 JAN 1970

HKK I/M

CONFIDENTIAL

REP.

Art.