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رقم

TELNO 841

OF 070552Z JUNE 90

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

HONG KONG TELNO 1784.

:

''ANTI-CHINA'' ACTIVITIES.

012273

MDHIAN 3770

FURTHER CHINESE DEMARCHE CVER ''ANTI-CHINA

SUMMARY.

1.

THE AMBASSADOR WAS SUMMONED TO MEET CHEN ZIYING AT SHORT NOTICE ON 6 JUNE. MFA EXPRESS HEIGHTENED CONCERN.

DETAIL.

2. READING FROM A PREPARED SPEAKING NOTE, CHEN SAID THAT RECENTLY SOME PEOPLE IN HONG KONG HAD BEEN ENGAGED IN ANTI-CHINESE ACTIVITIES IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 4 JUNE INCIDENT. FOLLOWING A SERIES OF SUCH ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG ALLIANCE, THE ALLIANCE HAD STAGED ON 3/4 JUNE ACTIVITIES ON AN EVEN LARGER SCALE SPEARHEADED AT THE CPG AND VICIOUSLY ATTACKING CHINESE LEADERS. THE ANTI-CHINA ACTIVITIES OF THE ALLIANCE WERE CONTINUING AND THE ORGANISATION INTENDED TO LAUNCH FURTHER ACTIVITIES ON 9/10 JUNE. THE INCREASED AGGRESSIVENESS AND SCALE OF THE ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE ALLIANCE WERE THE RESULT OF THE CONNIVANCE OF HMG AND HKG. THE MFA AND NCNA IN HONG KONG HAD MADE REPEATED REPRESENTATIONS TO THE BRITISH SIDE DEMANDING THAT THE BRITISH SIDE HONOUR AND CARRY OUT IN EARNEST THEIR PROMISES NOT TO ALLOW HONG KONG TO BECOME A BASE FOR SUBVERSION OF THE MAINLAND. DESPITE THIS, THE BRITISH SIDE CONTINUED TO CONNIVE AT THE ANTI-CHINA ACTIVITIES FLAGRANTLY STAGED BY THE ALLIANCE. THE CHINESE SICE HAD SERIOUS DOUBTS AS TO WHETHER THE BRITISH SIDE SINCERELY INTENDED TO FULFIL THEIR PROMISES, AND REALLY INTENDED TO PROTECT HONG KONG'S STABILITY AND PROSPERITY.

3. EVEN MORE SERIOUSLY, ON 4 JUNE THE NEW BUILDING OF NCNA IN HONG KONG WAS FOUND TO HAVE BEEN HIT BY A GUNSHOT, AND TERRORISTS HAD THREATENED TO ATTACK MAINLAND CHINESE FIRMS IN HONG KONG. THE SHOOTING WAS A SERIOUS POLITICAL INCIDENT, WHICH TOOK PLACE AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF AN ANTI-CHINA WAVE'' IN HONG KONG

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