CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 979
OF 21090OZ MARCH 90
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
CONFIDENTIAL
HKC020/2
REGEL
27 MAR 1990
106442
MDLIAN 8126
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Action Taken
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PEKING TELNO 326: FURTHER CHINESE COMPLAINTS ON SUBVERSION
1. DURING A CALL ON THE POLITICAL ADVISER ON 21 MARCH, JI SHAOXIANG OF NCNA THANKED EHRMAN FOR THE INFORMATION THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WOULD NOT/NOT ALLOW THE VESSEL QUOTE GODDESS OF DEMOCRACY UNQUOTE TO ENTER HONG KONG. BUT HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT HE HAD AGAIN BEEN INSTRUCTED TO BRING UP CHINESE CONCERNS ON SUBVERSION.
2. SPECIFICALLY HE REPEATED THE REQUEST THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TAKE MEASURES TO STOP PLANNED ACTIVITIES BY THE HONG KONG ALLIANCE AT THE END OF MAY AND IN EARLY JUNE, ESPECIALLY ON 3 AND 4 JUNE. THE CPG VIEWED SUCH ACTIVITIES VERY SERIOUSLY. THE PEKING INCIDENT HAD OCCURRED NEARLY A YEAR AGO BUT SOME HONG KONG PEOPLE WERE STILL TRYING TO QUOTE MOBILISE THE MASSES AND STIR UP THE ATMOSPHERE IN HONG KONG AGAINST THE CPG UNQUOTE. THEIR EFFORTS WERE NOT/NOT ONLY DIRECTED AGAINST THE CPG, BUT ALSO AGAINST THE
STABILITY OF HONG KONG.
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3 EHRMAN NOTED THAT THESE CONCERNS HAD BEEN RAISED BEFORE, BOTH BY JI AND WITH THE BRITISH EMBASSY IN PEKING. WE HAD EXPLAINED OUR POSITION TO THE CHINESE THROUGH BOTH CHANNELS. JI HAD NOW MADE NO NEW POINTS. WE HAD NOTHING TO ADD TO OUR PREVIOUS COMMENTS. PROPOSALS FOR RALLIES ETC. WOULD BE CONSIDERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
HONG KONG LAW.
4. JI HOPED THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WOULD TAKE THE INTERESTS OF SINO-BRITISH AND SINO-HONG KONG RELATIONS INTO ACCOUNT IN THEIR DECISIONS. EHRMAN SAID THAT WE HAD NOTED CHINESE CONCERNS.
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