TNAG-0566-FCO40-699-Implications-for-Hong-Kong-of-change-in-Chinese-leadership-1976 — Page 46

DEATH OF MAO AND WARNING AGAINST LIKELIHOOD OF KMT-INSPIRED ATTEMPTS TO CAUSE TROUBLE DURING THE WEEK. THEY MENTIONED CHIANG CHING-KUO'S HOSTILE STATEMENT FOLLOWING DEATH OF THE CHAIRMAN AND RECALLED THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S UNDERTAKING TO CHAO KUAN-HUA THAT WE WOULD NOT ALLOW HONG KONG TO BE USED AS A BASE FOR SABOTACE AGAINST CHI

POLITICAL ADVISER ASSURED THEM THAT THEIR REMARKS YOULD BE CONVEYED PROMPTLY TO THE PROPER QUARTERS, AS FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S ASSURANCE, THE NCNA MIGHT BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT FOLLOWING THE ARRESTS OF KMT AGENTS LAST NOVEMBER AND AGAIN A FEW WEEKS ACO, OUR POLICE HAD MADE SIX FURTHER ARRESTS LAST NICHT,

4. WE KNOW THAT LOCAL KMT ORGANISATIONS HAVE BEEN ENJOINED BY THEIR LEADERS TO AVOID PROVOCATIVE BEHAVIOUR. SUCH INCIDENTS AS HAVE TAKEN PLACE SO FAR HAVE BEEN MINOR, E.G. PLACING KNT FLAGS OUTSIDE COMMUNIST CINEMAS CLOSED IN MOURNING AND A SMALL-SCALE PROTEST OUTSIDE TVB STATION BECAUSE OF THE ALLEGED PRO-COMMUNIST SLANT OF THE CHINESE COMMENTARY ACCOMPANYING A FRENCH DOCUMENTARY FILM ON THE LIFE OF MAO, KMT YOUTHS HAVE ALSO DISTRIBUTED ANTI-MAO BROADSHEETS AT THE STAR FERRY a

5. PLEASE PASS TO CABINET OFFICE FOR SECRETARY JIC.

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