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OFFICE OF THE BRITISH

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H L1 Davies Esq

Far Eastern Department

Foreign & Commonwealth Office London SW 1

11 Aug 1974

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My dear Hugh

SENKAKU DEMONSTRATION IN HONG KONG

1. As you will probably have gathered from our silence on the subject, we have heard nothing from the Chinese authoritics about the Senkaku demonstration on 7 July or the subsequent arrests. When John Denson was summoned to see Ch'iao Kuan-hua on 10 July we wondered whether we might be in for a dressing down but as you know entirely different matters were discussed. The Chinese had an opportunity of raising the matter when Ling Ch'ing spoke to John Denson after the second meeting with Ch'iao on 19 July (our telno 664); again nothing was said. There have been no press reports on the subject.

2. This is not to say that the incident may not be dragged out in evidence against us on some future occasion, but for the moment we can be grateful for the no doubt conscious decision of the Chinese to overlook the matter. If relations had not recently .. improved, and above all if we were not engaged in discussions about an exchange of Ambassadors I rather doubt if they would have been so restrained.

yous

ever

Arichard

Richard Samuel

Copy to:

CJ Howells Esq, Hong Kong JDI Boya Esq, Washington

R. «D IN REGISTRY No. 51

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