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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, WASHINGTON, PARIS

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CHINESE ALLIANCE FOR DEMOCRACY

CHEN JUN,

1. LATE ON THE EVENING OF 8 NOVEMBER A CHINESE DISSIDENT, WHO WAS EXPELLED FROM PEKING DURING THE SUMMER AND WENT TO THE US THROUGH HONG KONG, ARRIVED AT KAI TAK AIRPORT WITH A VISA VALID FOR A STAY OF ONE MONTH.

2. WHEN QUESTIONED AT THE AIRPORT, CHEN SAID THAT HE HAD COME TO HONG KONG FOR ONE WEEK FOR SHOPPING. BUT HE ONLY HAD US DOLLARS 300 WITH HIM. HE REFUSED TO INFORM IMMIGRATION WHERE HE WOULD BE STAYING. WE SUBSEQUENTLY LEARNED THAT HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE US BASED CHINESE ALLIANCE FOR DEMOCRACY AND PLANNED TO MAKE A SPEECH AT HONG KONG UNIVERSITY AT A FORUM WHICH HAD BEEN ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG ALLIANCE. CHEN WAS REFUSED PERMISSION TO LAND IN HONG KONG (LEGALLY ALL PERSONS WHO DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO LAND MUST OBTAIN PERMISSION TO DO SO ON ARRIVAL EVEN IF THEY HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN GIVEN A VISA). HE WAS SENT BACK TO THE US THIS MORNING.

3. BEFORE HE DEPARTED, HE CONTACTED THE PRESS, AND PUBLICITY IS OCCURING. GIS ARE SAYING PUBLICLY THAT WE NEVER COMMENT ON INDIVIDUAL CASES. IN VERY DEEP BACKGROUND BRIEFING WE ARE TELLING THE PRESS THAT CHEN'S ATTEMPT TO ENTER HONG KONG WAS AN ATTEMPT BY AN OUTSIDE ORGANISATION TO USE THE TERRITORY AS A BATTLEGROUND. AS ELSEWHERE, WE DO NOT WANT OUR HOSPITALITY ABUSED. CHEN'S CASE IS ENTIRELY DIFFERENT FROM OUR TREATMENT OF OUR OWN PEOPLE. WE DEFEND THEIR FREEDOM OF SPEECH WITHIN THE LAW TO THE DEATH.

4. THIS AFTERNOON WE LEARNED THAT WANG MING, A LEADING MEMBER OF THE CHINESE ALLIANCE FOR DEMOCRACY, WILL ALSO TRY TO ENTER HONG KONG. HE ARRIVES ON A FLIGHT FROM THE US AT 2045 HOURS LOCAL TIME. WE BELIEVE THAT QIAN DA, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DEMOCRATIC FRONT LINE IN FRANCE, WILL ALSO SHORTLY TRY TO ENTER. BOTH, WE BELIEVE, HAVE OBTAINED VISAS. WE WILL SEND BOTH BACK, BACKGROUND BRIEFING IN THE SAME WAY.

5. ON 15 AUGUST WE ASKED THAT ALL APPLICATIONS FOR ENTRY CLEARANCE FOR HONG KONG FROM HOLDERS OF REFUGEE/STATELESS PERSONS DOCUMENTS OF CHINESE RACE SHOULD BE REFERRED TO HONG KONG. THIS WAS TO TRY TO CATCH DISSIDENTS. THE PROBLEM WITH CHEN WAS THAT HE WAS TRAVELLING ON A US RE-ENTRY PERMIT. WANG AND QIAN ARE PRESUMABLY ALSO TRAVELLING ON DOCUMENTS THE HOLDERS OF WHICH DO NOT NEED TO HAVE THEIR APPLICATIONS FOR VISAS REFERRED TO US.

6. WE NOW INTEND TO COMPILE LISTS OF CAD MEMBERS AND OF PROMINENT DISSIDENTS WHO HAVE LEFT CHINA SINCE 4 JUNE AND TO REQUEST THAT YOU SEND THESE TO ALL VISA-ISSUING POSTS, SO THAT APPLICATIONS FROM ANY