TNAG-2054-FCO40-2932-Political-activism-accusations-of-subversion-in-Hong-Kong-1990 — Page 16

Background

References:

A FCO telno 1963 of 1989: JLG XIII

B UKREP JLG telno 286 of 1989: JLG XIV

C

FCO telno 372 and Hong Kong telno 1428:

Federation for Democratic China

D

Hong Kong telno 1575: Hong Kong alliance

for the Promotion of Democracy in China

E

F Peking telno 841: Shooting incident

Peking telno 797: Commemoration of 4 June

G

Peking telno 707: Goddess of Democracy

H

Hong Kong telno 2239: Underground Express

1. Chinese concern over subversion dates from reaction in

Hong Kong to the Tiananmen Square incident.

2. The Chinese have, however, renewed their complaints

through other channels whenever they feel they have cause eg

a demarche by the Chinese Embassy here and by NCNA in Hong Kong in May about the activities of the Federation for

Democratic Union (FCO telno 372 and Hong Kong telno 1428);

an NCNA demarche in May about the Hong Kong Alliance for the

promotion of Democracy in China (Hong Kong telno 1575); a

demarche by the MFA to the Embassy in Peking about

activities in Hong Kong to commemorate 4 June (Peking telno

797); and a similar demarche to protest about the shooting incident in Hong Kong in which a NCNA office was hit (Peking

telno 841). The Chinese did however seem to be content with

the way we handled the Goddess of Democracy issue (Peking

telno 707).

MUKAJN/4

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Redacted under FOI exemption 27(1)