TNAG-1878-FCO40-2669-Student-demonstrations-and-internal-political-situation-in-C-1989 — Page 45

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FM HONG KONG

TO DESKBY 12110OZ FCO

TELNO 1919

OF 121015Z JUNE 89

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, SHANGHAI

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IN PARALLEL WITH ACTION IN PEKING AND SHANGHAI, DEPUTY POLITICAL ADVISER CONTACTED NCNA (JI SHAOXIANG) YESTERDAY AND LODGED A FORMAL

ENQUIRY CONCERNING THE POSITION OF A/N.

2. THIS MORNING JI SHAOXIANG TELEPHONED TO CONFIRM THAT

HAD BEEN

DETAINED BY THE SECURITY DEPARTMENT AT THE AIRPORT. HIS MISDEMEANORS APPEARED TO BE THAT HE HAD NOT REGISTERED WITH THE PUBLIC SECURITY

BUREAU AS A MEMBER/LEADER OF THE AUTONOMOUS UNION OF SHANGHAI

UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES: AND THAT HE HAD IN HIS POSSESSION ''ILLEG-

AL MATERIALS'', THIS APPEARS TO REFER TO DOCUMENTS/PAMPHLETS

PRINTED IN SHANGHAI WHICH HE WAS TAKING OUT TO HONG KONG. JI SAID

THAT THESE TWO POINTS WERE STRESSED IN THE COMMUNICATION THEY HAD

RECEIVED FROM SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT. HE SUGGESTED THAT

MIGHT BE ADVISED TO REGISTER AS REQUIRED.

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3. DPA SAID THAT AS

WAS A HONG KONG RESIDENT WE TOOK A CLOSE

INTEREST IN HIS WELFARE. HIS RELATIVES AND THE BRITISH CONSUL-GENERAL

WOULD NO DOUBT GIVE HIM SENSIBLE ADVICE AS TO HOW TO CONDUCT HIMSELF BUT TO DO SO THEY NEEDED TO SEE HIM. HE THEREFORE ASKED THAT

ARRANGEMENTS BE MADE FOR SOMEONE TO SEE MR

AND SPEAK TO HIM.

JI SAID HE UNDERSTOOD AND WOULD PASS ON THE REQUEST.

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4 JI'S INFORMATION DID NOT SPECIFY WHETHER

HAD ACTUALLY BEEN ARRESTED. NOR DID HE KNOW WHERE HE WAS BEING DETAINED. APART FROM CONTINUING TO REQUEST HIS EARLY RETURN TO HONG KONG, GETTING CONSULAR AND/OR FAMILY ACCESS SEEMS THE NEXT ESSENTIAL STEP.

5. SUBJECT TO YOUR VIEWS, GRATEFUL IF SHANGHAI COULD BE ASKED TO FOLLOW UP THIS REQUEST. GRATEFUL FOR ANY FURTHER INFORMATION FROM PEKING.

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