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INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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CHINESE PROTEST ABOUT DEMONSTRATIONS IN HONG KONG.
1. CHENG RUOYU, 1ST SECRETARY HKMAO MFA, SUMMONED PIGOTT TO AN ''EMERGENCY MEETING WITH HIM LATE ON 7 DECEMBER.
2. READING FROM A PREPARED SPEAKING NOTE, CHENG RECALLED THAT THE CPG HAD ON MANY OCCASIONS ASKED THE BRITISH SIDE TO STOP ACTIVITIES DIRECTED AGAINST THE CPG BY THE SO-CALLED'' HONG KONG ALLIANCE IN SUPPORT OF THE PATRIOTIC DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT IN CHINA CALLIANCE). IN RECENT DAYS THE ALLIANCE, ONCE AGAIN, HAD ENGAGED IN ACTIVITIES OF THIS KIND INCLUDING DISTURBANCES IN FRONT OF THE NCNA HONG KONG BRANCH, AND IT WAS REPORTED TO BE PLANNING TO DO SO AGAIN ON 9 DECEMBER.
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3. THE CHINESE SIDE THOUGHT THAT THE 'LAISSEZ-FAIRE'' APPROACH OF HKG WENT AGAINST THE COMMITMENT OF HAVING NO INTENTION OF ALLOWING HONG KONG TO BECOME A BASE FOR SUBVERSION OF THE CPG AND RAN COUNTER TO THE WISHES EXPRESSED BY THE BRITISH SIDE TO IMPROVE AND DEVELOP SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS. NOR WAS IT IN THE INTERESTS OF HONG KONG'S PROSPERITY AND STABILITY. IT WAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BRITISH SIDE TO MAINTAIN HONG KONG'S SOCIAL STABILITY AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD. THE CHINESE SIDE HOPED THAT THE BRITISH SIDE WOULD SET STORE BY THE OVERALL INTERESTS OF SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS AND PROMPTLY TAKE EFFECTIVE ACTION TO ENJOIN HKG TO STOP THESE ACTIVITIES OF THE ALLIANCE.
4. PIGOTT RESPONDED IN STANDARD TERMS AND UNDERTOOK TO REPORT. CHENG REITERATED THAT THE CHINESE SIDE HOPED THAT HMG AND HKG WOULD HONOUR THEIR COMMITMENTS A ND TAKE EFFECTIVE ACTION AGAINST THE DEMONSTRATIONS.
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