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CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG 150405Z AUGUST 81
TO ROUTINE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 737 OF 15 AUGUST
INFO ROUTINE PEKING HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
PEKING TELNO 533: KUOMINTANG ACTIVITIES IN HONG KONG
See
THE FOLLOWING IS BACKGROUND TO CHINESE REPRESENTATIONS
IN T U R:
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(1)-70TH ANNIVERSARY ON 19 OCTOBER
(A) APPROACHES BY NCNA IN ADVANCE OF DOUBLE TENTH CELEBRATIONS ARE
AN ANNUAL RITUAL. FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS THEY HAVE BEEN IN A
FAIRLY LOW KEY AS HAVE THE CELEBRATIONS THEMSELVES. THIS YEAR
THE CHINESE ARE PROBABLY MAKING MORE OF IT BECAUSE OF THEIR
OWN PLANS TO CELEBRATE THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY.
(B) THERE IS NO EVIDENCE SO FAR THAT THE KMT HAVE PLANS TO
DISRUPT THE COMMUNIST CELEBRATIONS, BUT WITH BOTH SIDES
CELEBRATING THE SAME OCCASION THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A GREATER
RISK OF PROBLEMS THAN NORMALLY. WE WILL MONITOR CLOSELY.
(C) NCNA RAISED THIS WITH THE POLITICAL ADVISER ON 11 AUGUST BUT IN LOW KEY AND WITH LESS DETAIL THAN THE MFA. THEY
DID NOT SPEAK FROM WRITTEN TEXT. PA SAID HE TOOK NOTE. NCNA WOULD
BE AWARE THAT CELEBRATION BY NATIONALIST SUPPORTERS OF THE
DOUBLE TENTH DIMINISHED WITH TIME AND AGE. IT WAS NEITHER LAWFUL NOR POLITIC TO ATTEMPT TO BAN SUCH ACTIVITIES WHEN
THEY WERE WITHIN THE LAW. AS FOR THIS YEAR, THE GOVERNMENT WOULD OF COURSE ENSURE THAT PUBLIC ORDER WAS PRESERVED AND EXPECTED ALL CONCERNED TO DO NOTHING WHICH WOULD DISRUPT IT.
(11) SOONG MOURNING. SMALL DEMONS TRATION BY TWO MEMBERS OF THE TAIWAN-CONNECTED WANDERERS ASSOCIATION DID TAKE PLACE (SEE ORR'S LETTER OF 4 JUNE TO PAUL, FED). THEY WERE ARRESTED AND WILL APPEAR IN COURT ON 17 SEPTEMBER ON CHARGES OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT. NCNA TOLD PA ON 11 AUGUST THAT TWO WITNESSES FROM A
COMMUNIST BANK WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO GIVE EVIDENCE. PA
WELCOMED THIS.
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