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FM HONG KONG

TO DESKBY 05180OZ FCO

TELNO 1849

OF 05173OZ JUNE 89

AND TO DESKBY 060001Z PEKING

TELECON CLIFT/PAUL :

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1. A/N, MEMBER OF THE HK CHRISTIAN INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE AND A PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST, WAS DETAINED BY POLICE AT PEKING AIRPORT THIS EVENING AFTER BOARDING A DRAGONAIR BOEING 737 CHARTERED BY

HKG TO EVACUATE HONG KONG RESIDENTS STRANDED IN PEKING.

2.

FIFTEEN MEMBERS OF LEGCO HAVE CALLED ON THE GOVERNOR AND

EXPRESSED THEIR EXTREME CONCERN THAT LEE MAY BE EXECUTED BY THE

CHINESE. THEY HAVE ASKED THAT THEIR CONCERN BE PASSED PERSONALLY

TO THE PRIME MINISTER AND THAT HMG DO EVERYTHING IN ITS POWER TO

ENSURE

EARLY RELEASE.

3.

WE HAVE CONTACTED THE EMBASSY WHO HAVE ASKED THE MFA ABOUT THE CASE. AS YET WE HAVE NO CONFIRMATION THAT HE WAS ARRESTED, NOR ON WHAT CHARGES, NOR BY WHOM. HE HAS HOWEVER BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN RECENT PRO-DEMOCRACY DEMONSTRATIONS, PUTTING UP SIGNED POSTERS, ETC. AND THUS MAY WELL BE A TARGET FOR REPRISALS.

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CLIFT HAS SPOKEN TO QIAO ZONGUAN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HK NCNA, WHO SAID NCNA HAVE MADE AN URGENT REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON THE

CASE TO THE HONG KONG AND MACAU OFFICE OF THE STATE COUNCIL BUT AS YET HAVE NO DETAILS.

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