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CHINESE DEMARCHE ON ANTI-CHINA ACTIVITIES

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1. ANOTHER NCNA DEMARCHE. NOTHING NEW IN IT.

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2. QIAO ZONGHUAI, THE VICE-DIRECTOR OF NCNA RESPONSIBLE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ASKED TO CALL URGENTLY ON THE CHIEF SECRETARY THIS

AFTERNOON. THE CS WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE POLITICAL ADVISER RECEIVED

QIAO INSTEAD.

3. QIAO SAID THAT HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO MAKE REPRESENTATIONS TO THE

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT REGARDING ANTI-CHINA ACTIVITIES TO QUOTE COMMEMORATE UNQUOTE 4 JUNE BEING ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG ALLIANCE. SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR OFFICIALS FROM THE MFA AND NCNA HAD REPEATEDLY MADE REPRESENTATIONS TO THE BRITISH AND

HONG KONG GOVERNMENTS ABOUT A SERIES OF ANTI-CHINA ACTIVITIES BY

THE HONG KONG ALLIANCE URGING US TO TAKE MEASURES TO STOP THEM. TO THEIR DEEP REGRET WE HAD FAILED TO DO SO. WE HAD INSTEAD TAKEN A LAISSEZ FAIRE APPROACH OF TOLERATION AND SUPPORT. THE RESULT WAS THAT THESE ACTIVITIES CONTINUED UNCHECKED AND WERE BECOMING MORE RAMPANT.

4. QIAO WENT ON TO REPEAT NCNA'S EARLIER COMPLAINT ABOUT THE EXHIBITION IN VICTORIA PARK ON 26 MAY WHERE QUOTE A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE UNQUOTE HAD PUT UP QUOTE OVER 20 POSTERS UNQUOTE ATTACKING CHINA'S TOP LEADERS BY NAME. THE CHINESE SIDE WERE SHOCKED THAT THE BRITISH AUTHORITIES HAD TOLERATED THIS OPEN HUMILIATION OF CHINESE LEADERS. THE URBAN COUNCIL HAD PROVIDED SPACE FOR THE EXHIBITION FREE OF CHARGE AND THE HONG KONG POLICE HAD DONE NOTHING TO INTERVENE WITH SUCH FLAGRANT ANTI-CHINA ACTIVITIES QUOTE WHICH ALSO WENT BEYOND THE BOUNDS OF LAW UNQUOTE.

5. QIAO THEN REFERRED TO HK ALLIANCE PLANS FOR RALLIES AND SIT-IN PROTESTS ON 3 AND 4 JUNE WHICH COULD LEAD TO TROUBLE OUTSIDE NCNA. HE SAID THIS WOULD HAVE A BAD EFFECT ON THE STABILITY OF HONG KONG

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