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July 2, 1971.

LETTER OF PROTEST TO THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.

We, the students from Hong Kong and the representatives of the Nothern California Tiao-Yu Tai Island Sovereignty Defense League composing of Chinese students from twelve colleges and universities are demonstrating today (at the British Consulate General in San Francisco) to protest against the Hong Kong Colonial Government's unreasonable interference with the people's right to demonstrate peacefully in defense of the Tiao-Yu Tai Islands. We strongly protest against the Hong Kong Colonial Government's unjust arrest and harrass- ment of peaceful demonstrators. There will be more demonstrations yet to stage in Hong Kong and all over the world in defense of the Tiao-Yu Tai Islands. The Hong Kong Colonial Government should not and have no right to suppress this movement. We demand:

(1) The Hong Kong Colonial Government immediately drop all charges

against peaceful demonstrators;

(2) The Hong Kong Colonial Government should not interfere with,

and to allow peaceful demonstration on conspicuous public

areas;

(3) The Hong Kong Colonial Government immediately abolish all

laws that are infringement of the civil rights of the people.

We further warn the Hong Kong Colonial Government that the rights of the people can never be suppressed by violence and arrests.

Northern California Tiao-yu Tai Islands Sovereignty Defense League (Cal Poly at San Luis Obispo, Chico State College, Hayward State College, Laney College, Merritt College, Sacramento City College, Sacramento State College, San Francisco City College, San Francisco State College, San Jose State College, Stanford University, and the University of Calif- ornia at Berkeley.)