SECRET
GR 1275
IMMEDIATE
CYPHER CAT A
FM HONG KONG 120430Z
SECRET
Нек
14.
1978
HIDEX
No. 1 Islirl
TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELNO 464 OF 12 APRIL 1978
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, CANBERRA, SINGAPORE
INFO SAVING WELLINGTON.
PLEASE PASS TO CABINET OFFICE FOR SECRETARY JI C.
THE FOLLOWING IS THE LIC ASSESSMENT FOR MARCH 1978.
ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE.
OPEN SQUARE BRACKETS A SUMMARY OF THE EVENTS INVOLVING ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE IS AT ANNEX END SQUARE BRACKETS.
CHINESE COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES.
2. IT IS REPORTED THAT A LEADING PARTY GROUP HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN PEKING TO BRING PARTY/STATE OPERATIONS IN HONG KONG AND MACAU MORE TIGHTLY UNDER CENTRAL CONTROL. DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE TO VICE-CHAIRMAN LI HSIEN-NIEN, THE GROUP HAS AS ITS MEMBERS TWO VICE-PREMIERS KENG PIAO AND CHEN MU-HUA AND THE FOREIGN MINISTER!
HUANG HUA WHILE ITS ROUTINE ADMINISTRATION IS IN THE HANDS OF LIAO CH'ENG-CHIH, A SENIOR OFFICIAL WITH SPECIAL RESPONSIBIL-
ITIES FOR HONG KONG, MACAU AND OVERSEAS CHINESE AFFAIRS.
3. LOCAL COMMUNIST OFFICIALS ARE BUSY PREPARING FOR A MAJOR PRESTIGE EXHIBITION OF CHINESE ANTIQUITIES SCHEDULED TO OPEN, IN COMMUNIST CONTROLLED PREMISES IN HONG KONG IN MID-APRIL. THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE IS LED BY THE PUBLISHER OF TA KUNG PAO, THE HEAD OF THE HONG KONG BRANCH OF THE NCNA OFFICE AND MR R C LEE,
A PROMINENT LOCAL PRO-COMMUNIST BUSINESSMAN. ASSOCIATED ADVISORY COMMITTEES INCLUDE A NUMBER OF LOCAL CIVIC LEADERS AND
ACADEMICS. THE GOVERNOR WILL ATTEND A PREVIEW OF THE EXHIBITION ON
17 APRIL 1978.
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/EDUCATION.
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