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FM PEKING

TO DESKBY 13103OZ FCO

TELNO 1127

OF 13093OZ JUNE 89

AND TO DESKBY 13103OZ HONG KONG

AND TO IMMEDIATE WASHINGTON

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005065 MDHIAN 8958

HONG KONG FOR POLAD.

YAN YONGZHAN (YUI YUNG CHIN).

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FOLLOWING RECEIVED FROM SHANGHAI VIA US SECURE COMMUNICATIONS AND AMPLIFIED BY TELECON HOARE/ORR 13 JUNE. BEGINS:-

PLEASE PASS THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE TO FCO, WASHINGTON AND POLAD HONG KONG. IT WAS WRITTEN BY MR YAN YANGZHAN IN THE CONSULATE BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE FOR THE AIRPORT ON 11 JUNE, WITH A REQUEST THAT IT BE PUBLISHED. CONSUL-GENERAL DOES NOT THINK IT SHOULD

BE PUBLISHED.

TEXT BEGINS:

''IN VIEW OF THE PRESENT SITUATION IN OUR COUNTRY, THE SHANGHAI INDEPENDENT STUDENT UNION ADVOCATED, AND RECEIVED THE APPROVAL OF THE BEIJING INDEPENDENT STUDENT UNION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT

OF AN ALL-CHINA INDEPENDENT STUDENT UNION IN SHANGHAI, AIMED AT DENOUNCING THE LI PENG GOVERNMENT. BUT BECAUSE OF THE SUDDEN CHANGE IN THE STITUATION, THERE IS NO BASE FOR SETTING UP A NATIONWIDE INDEPENDENT STUDENT UNION IN SHANGHAI, AND THE EXISTING ORGANIZATION HAD TO GO UNDERGROUND.

FOR THIS REASON, THE SHANGHAI INDEPENDENT STUDENT UNION HELD A STANDING COMMITTEE MEETING AT JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY JUNE 6, FORMALLY APPOINTING ZHANG CAI (YONG YONGZHAN) TO ESTABLISH A PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR A NATIONWIDE INDEPENDENT STUDENT

UNION IN HONG KONG AND TO HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE

THAT THE PLATFORM FOR THIS UNION WOULD BE THE REALIZATION OF TRUE DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM IN CHINA AND THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT

GOAL AT PRESENT IS TO OVERTHROW THE LI PENG GOVERNMENT IN ORDER

TO CLEAR THE CHANNELS FOR A NORMAL AND LEGAL DIALOGUE.

MOREOVER, WE STRONGLY CALL FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF CHINA TO

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