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FM PEKING
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 126
OF 310225Z JANUARY 89
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
HONG KONG TELNO 319: FILM CENSORSHIP : IF I WERE FOR REAL
1.
THIS IS TIRESOME. IN VIEW OF NCNA'S EARLIER COMMENTS (PARA 5 OF T U R), IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT WE CAN EXPECT TO COME IN FOR SOME PRETTY STRONG OBJECTIONS FROM THE CHINESE IF IT IS DECIDED NOT TO RESTRICT OR BAN THE SHOWING OF THE FILM. I WOULD NOT EXPECT THESE TO BE TOO SERIOUS OR LONG-LASTING, BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT THE FILM WOULD NOT BE SHOWN DURING ZHOU NAN'S FORTHCOMING VISIT TO HONG
KONG.
2.
ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE FILM WILL BE ALLOWED TO BE SHOWN, WE AGREE WITH MOST OF THE POINTS IN PARA 10 TO BE MADE BY THE POLITICAL ADVISER IN BRIEFING NCNA: BUT WE SUGGEST THE FINAL SENTENCE IN SUB-PARA (F), WHICH MAKES RATHER OPAQUE REFERENCE TO DISCUSSION ON THE DRAFT BASIC LAW AND WHICH THE CHINESE MIGHT SEE AS BEING UNDULY PROVOCATIVE BE REMOVED. IF NECESSARY, THE POINT COULD ALWAYS BE MADE DEFENSIVELY.
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.HONG KONG AGREEMENT
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