GRS 186
UNCLASSIFIED
FM PEKING
TO ROUTINE FCO
INFO 995
OF 020303Z JUNE 87
INFO ROUTINE ODA, HONG KONG
правогов
03 JUN 1907
M
FOREST FIRES: CHINESE PRESS COVERAGE OF BRITISH AID
1.
SL
PEOPLE'S DAILY OF 31 MAY CARRIED ON ITS BACK PAGE A SUMMARY
TION OF THE ODA PRESS RELEASE (YOUR TELNO RETRACT 107).
2. ON THE SAME PAGE IT REPORTED THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAD
DECIDED ON 30 MAY TO PROVIDE 5 MILLION HONG KONG DOLLARS WORTH OF
AID FOR THE FIRE VICTIMS. THIS WOULD INCLUDE CARPETS, CANNED FOOD
ETC, AND THE FIRST BATCH WOULD BE DELIVERED TO PEKING ON 2 JUNE BY
CATHAY PACIFIC.
3. LATEST PRESS REPORTS ARE THAT THE FIRES HAVE FLARED UP AGAIN IN
NORTHEN HEILONGJIANG AND INNER MONGOLIA, 3000 SOLDIERS WERE
FIGHTING 3 BLAZES NEAR TAHE COUNTY TOWN (POPULATION 100,000). 20
METRE FLAMES WERE SPREADING ALONG A 3KM FIRE FRONT AT 20 KMS AN HOUR
FUELLED BY STRONG WINDS. IN INNER MONGOLAI, 8 FIRES IN THE NORTH
EAST WERE SPREADING RAPIDLY TOWARDS THE NORTH AND WEST. A FURTHER
THREAT STILL REMAINS THAT A FOREST FIRE IN THE SOVIET UNION WILL
CROSS THE BORDER INTO INNER MONGOLIA.
CORRECTION: PARA 1
BACK PAGE A SUMMARY
TRANSLATIO OF THE ODA PRESS ETC
EVANS
YYYY
PEHPAN 1141
NNNN
LIMITED
FEO
Hkp
Me MCLAREN
DISASTER
COPIES TO:
UNIT
ODA
NEWS 0
&
BIMR RENTON B3 | Pus
me GILLMORE
100
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