CONFIDENTIAL
25 April.
5. But the fact that the demonstration did take place at all will add to the authorities' embarrassment. While we would not dissent from the observation of the 'socialist colleague' reported in Peking telno 721 that the affair only confirms that the country's problems will not be solved without reform, the short term effect is far more likely to be a strengthening of the position of the hardliners suspicious of reform.
CONFIDENTIAL
R.
fore. Muytin
A NR Mington
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