DSR 11 (Revised Sept 85)
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With your permission Mr Speaker I should like to make
a statement about the tragic events in Peking over the
weekend.
As my
I am sure that all members of the House who have
watched the harrowing scenes on television of civilians
being gunned down by the Chinese armed forces will share
the Government's deep sense of shock and outrage.
Right Honourable Friend the Prime Minister said in her
statement on 4 June, we are all deeply shocked by the
news from Peking and appalled by the indiscriminate
shooting of unarmed people.
It is clear from reactions here in Britain and abroad
that international opinion is united in condemning the
Chinese authorities for their recourse to senseless
violence. Elsewhere in the Communist world, governments
are beginning to recognise that confrontation and
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