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CONFIDENTIAL

FM EKING

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 797

OF 300739Z MAY 90

HKB 060/1

RECEIVED IN

لاب

0 1 JUN 1990

CER

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

HONG KONG TELNOS 1685 AND 1686.

CHINESE COMPLAINT ABOUT SUBVERSION.

1.

EKR

163344

MDHIAN 2571

GF 16.

Subrisa

hu

जिकीर

저느

COATES CALLED ON HU CHUANZHONG, COUNSELLOR IN THE HKMAO OF THE MFA, AT THE LATTER'S REQUEST ON 30 MAY.

2. HU SAID HE WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT THE SO-CALLED COMMEMORATIVE ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG ALLIANCE ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE 4 JUNE INCIDENT WHICH WERE ''SPEARHEADED

'SPEARHEADED AT THE CPG. ON MANY OCCASIONS THE CHINESE SIDE HAD MADE REPRESENTATIONS TO THE BRITISH SIDE ASKING THEM TO CARRY OUT IN EARNEST THEIR PROMISE NOT TO ALLOW HONG KONG TO BECOME A BASE FOR SUBVERSION OF THE MAINLAND. THE CHINESE SIDE HAD NOTED SOME MEASURES TO THIS EFFECT ADOPTED BY THE BRITISH SIDE. HOWEVER, THE ACTIVITIES OF THE HONG KONG ALLIANCE HAD INCREASED IN FREQUENCY AND INTENSITY.

THE CHINESE SIDE REGRETTED THAT RECENTLY THE BRITISH SIDE HAD NOT TAKEN EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO PREVENT THIS.

3. HU THEN CITED A SERIES OF RECENT INCIDENTS OF PARTICULAR CONCERN TO THE CHINESE SIDE:

(A) ON 20 MAY THE ALLIANCE HAD ORGANISED A BICYCLE DEMONSTRATION

TO CELEBRATE THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE IMPOSITION OF MARTIAL LAW IN PEKING.

(B) CN 21 HAY THE ALLIANCE ORGANISED A FURTHER DEMONSTRATION TO

CELEBRATE ITS OWN FIRST ANNIVERSARY.

(C) FROM 25-28 MAY, THE ALLIANCE HAD MOUNTED AN EXHIBITION IN VICTORIA PARK ABOUT THE PATH OF THE DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT IN CHINA WHICH HAD CONTAINED DIRECT ATTACKS ON CHINESE LEADERS. THE EXHIBITION HAD INCLUDED A THEATRICAL EVENT ON 27 MAY. THE ORGANISERS OF THE EXHIBITION HAD EXPRESSED THEIR GRATITUDE TO THE URBAN COUNCIL FOR MAKING VICTORIA PARK AVAILABLE.

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