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Personal Particulars
Full Name
Lars Einar Ericsson ELLSTROM
Born
Passport Details
ANNEX. 'A'
: Lars Einar Ericsson ELLSTROM
19th July, 1942, in Danderyd, Sweden.
Swedish Passport No. Lz 4532 issued in Stockholm, Sweden, on 28th June, 1965.
Background
2.
Lars ELLSTROM came to Hong Kong in September, 1969, to study
Chinese at the Chinese Language Centre, New Asia College of the Chinese
University of Hong Kong and to carry out research for a doctorate thesis
on Modern Chinese Literature. He entered the Colony under a 'Residence
Visa' issued by the Immigration Department of the Hong Kong Government which
was valid for six months and renewable for periods of no more than six
months. His course of study was scheduled to continue until September, 1971.
Activities in Hong Kong
3.
ELLSTROM first came to security notice as a participant in a forum
organised on 2nd February, 1970, by the Current Affairs Committee of the
Hong Kong University Students' Union where he gave a lengthy talk on the
student movement in Sweden, comparing the freedom students had in his
country with the restrictions imposed on them in Hong Kong. He encouraged
Hong Kong students to seek reforms and to criticise Government whenever
Government was thought to be wrong. He also made a bitter attack on
American involvement in Vietnam. The following month he criticised the
magazine of the Hong Kong University Students' Union for toning down his
comments on the student movement in Hong Kong.
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