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HKB OG
RECEIVED IN
10 JUL 1990
TO IMMEDIATE PEKING.
TELNO 69
OF 041033Z JULY 90
1.
TOP COPY Q DIST?
116623 MDHIAN 7569
INFO IMMEDIATE FCO, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 63: ANTI-CHINA ACTIVITIES IN HONG KONG
1. POLICE INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE SHOOTING INCIDENT CONTINUE BUT SO FAR WITHOUT ANY LEADS. YOU MAY WISH TO DRAW ON THE FOLLOWING DURING
YOUR LUNCH WITH THE MFA.
2. WE SUGGEST THAT YOU REFER AGAIN TO EHRMAN'S COMMENTS TO QIAO ZONGHUAI OF NCNA ON 6 JUNE WHEN HE SAID THAT THE HKG TAKES SERIOUSLY ITS DUTY TO PROTECT NCNA PERSONNEL AND PROPERTY AND THE PERSONNEL AND PROPERTY OF OTHER CHINESE ORGANISATIONS IN HONG KONG. IN DEALING WITH OSBORNE'S REMARKS, YOU MIGHT USE THE INFORMATION IN PARA. 2 OF OUR TELNO 1903 TO FCO, COPIED TO YOU (WHICH GALSWORTHY HAS ALREADY DEPLOYED WITH GUO FENGMIN).
3. THE POLICE HAVE BEEN THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATING THE SHOOTING INCIDENT. THEY HAVE INTERVIEWED ALL THE RESIDENTS IN 7 BUILDINGS FROM WHICH THE SHOT COULD HAVE BEEN FIRED, BUT THIS HAS SO FAR PRODUCED NO LEADS. THEY ARE NOW CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION
OF LICENCED WEAPONS IN HONG KONG. THESE EXTENSIVE ACTIVITIES SHOW HOW SERIOUSLY THE INVESTIGATION IS BEING PURSUED. WE WILL OF COURSE INFORM THE CHINESE IF THE POLICE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN THE
INVESTIGATION.
4. YOU MAY WISH TO BE AWARE THE NCNA HAVE NOT BEEN PRESSING US ON
THIS ISSUE.
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