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014773
MDHIAN 2392
CONFIDENTIAL
FM PEKING
TO DESKBY 27100OZ FCO
TELNO 721
OF 270833Z APRIL 89
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, MODUK
MCDUK FOR
三
SUMMARY
ON
1. ON 26 APRIL PARTY DECLARES INTENT TO CLAMP DOWN DISTURBANCES. ON 27 APRIL POLICE TRY TO PREVENT TIANANMEN
DEMONSTRATION. OUTCOME, AND POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES, STILL UNCLEAR.
DETAIL
2. LOCAL MEDIA HAVE REPORTED MAJOR MEETINGS IN PEKING AND SHANGHAI ON 26 APRIL AT WHICH LOCAL PARTY SECR ARIES HERE BRI THE STUDENT TROUBLES AND A PARTY LINE LAID DOWN. STUDENTS WERE ACCUSED OF STIRRING UP TROUBLE BY PUTTING UP BIG CHARACTER POSTERS, ORGANISING THEY
L STUDENT UNIONS AND STAGING STRIKES. IS AND SOME SLOGANS HAD EVER CALL ED
SOME 50,000 STUDENTS OUT OF 160,000
FOR OVERTHROWING HE (IN BEIJING) WERE NOT ATTENDING CLASSES. PARTY SPOKESMEN - CONCLUDED THAT ORDER, STABILITY AND SOCIAL UNITY MUST BE PROTECTED AND EFFECTIVE MEASURES TAKEN AGAINST THOSE WHO WERE DISTURBING THEM. PREMIER LI PENG TOLD A FOREIGN VISITOR THE SAME DAY THAT ANY GOVERNMENT MUST MAINTAIN SOCIAL ORDER AS THE BASIS FOR DEVELOPMENT AND INDEED FOR ITS OWN SURVIVAL.
LOCAL
3. A PLANNED DEMONSTRATION BY STUDENTS TODAY (27 APRIL) WAS PUBLICLY DECLARED ILLEGAL, IN KEEPING WITH THE REGULATION PROHIBITING DEMONSTRATIONS WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION. AROUND 0700
ODAY, POLICE AND PEOPLE'S ARMED POLICE (PAP) MOVED INTO TIANANMEN SQUARE. THERE WERE NO TROOPS, CONTRARY TO BBC WORLD SERVICE REPORT AT 0730 LOCAL, AND BOTH POLICE AND PAP WERE IN ORDINARY CLOTHES. THE PAP DID NOT HAVE WEAPONS. BY MID-DAY, THE CENTRE OF THE SQUARE HAD BEEN CORDONED OFF, BUT PEOPLE WERE ALLOWED TO MOVE FREELY AROUND THE EDGES. ABOUT 1300 LOCAL, GROUPS
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