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CONFIDENTIAL

CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 1784

OF 061115Z JUNE 90

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WED IN R

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12 JUN 1990

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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

007432

MDHIAN 3640

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MY TELNO 1759: FURTHER CHINESE DEMARCHE OVER ''ANTI-CHINA''

ACTIVITIES

1. QIAO ZONGHUAI OF NCNA CALLED ON THE POLITICAL ADVISER THIS

AFTERNOON (6 JUNE) AT HIS OWN REQUEST. HE SAID THAT HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO MAKE REPRESENTATIONS TO HKG REGARDING THE RECENT SHOOTING INCIDENT AT THE NEW NCNA BUILDING. THIS WAS A GRAVE POLITICAL INCIDENT WHICH SHOULD BE SEEN AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF ''WAVES WHIPPED UP BY ANTI-CHINA FORCES'' AROUND JUNE 4. INSTEAD OF

TAKING EFFECTIVE MEANS TO PREVENT SUCH ACTIVITIES, HKG HAD IGNORED REPEATED REPRESENTATIONS FROM THE CHINESE SIDE. HKG HAD TOLERATED AND CONNIVED AT THE ANTI-CHINA ACTIVITIES OF THE HONG KONG

ALLIANCE. QIAO EXPRESSED HIS UTMOST INDIGNATION AT THE SHOOTING INCIDENT. HE ONCE AGAIN SOLEMNLY ASKED HKG TO TAKE URGENT MEASURES TO STOP THE ANTI-CHINA ACTIVITIES PLANNED BY THE HONG KONG ALLIANCE FOR JUNE 9 AND 10 AND TO INVESTIGATE THE SHOOTING INCIDENT

THOROUGHLY.

2. QIAO ADDED THAT IT HAD BEEN LEARNT THAT FORCES HOSTILE TO CHINA WERE PLANNING FURTHER TERRORIST ACTS AGAINST NCNA AND OTHER CHINESE ORGANISATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE THE BANK OF CHINA TOWER. HE URGED THAT EFFECTIVE MEASURES BE TAKEN TO PROTECT CHINESE PERSONNEL AND PROPERTY AND RESERVED THE RIGHT TO MAKE FURTHER REPRESENTATIONS.

3. EHRMAN REITERATED THAT HKG REGRETTED THE SHOOTING INCIDENT. WE TOOK SERIOUSLY OUR DUTY TO PROTECT NCNA PERSONNEL PROPERTY, AND THE PERSONNEL AND PROPERTY OF OTHER CHINESE ORGANISATIONS IN HONG KONG. THE POLICE WERE URGENTLY INVESTIGATING THIS INCIDENT. IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT THE BULLET MAY HAVE COME FROM THE SAME GUN AS THAT USED IN ANOTHER INCIDENT AROUND CHRISTMAS 1989 IN THE SAME VICINITY AS THE NCNA BUILDING. IN THAT INCIDENT A BULLET WAS SHOT THROUGH THE WINDOW OF A FLAT. SO FAR THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ANY POLITICAL MOTIVE BEHIND THE SHOOTING AT THE NCNA BUILDING. NCNA WOULD OF COURSE BE INFORMED OF THE OUTCOME OF THE POLICE

INVESTIGATIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

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