CONFIDENTIAL
027110 MDLIAN 7408
WE WEI BAO ON 9 FEBRUARY, FOLLOWING THE VOTE, HAVE NOT SO FAR PUBLISHED HOSTILE COMMENTARIES.
COMMENT
4. THESE ATTACKS IN THE COMMUNIST PRESS PROBABLY REFLECT THEIR TRADITIONAL VIEW THAT, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, BRITAIN WILL ALWAYS USE ITS COLONIES FOR ITS OWN FINANCIAL BENEFIT. BUT THEY MUST ALSO BE AWARE OF SOME AWKWARDNESS IN THE POSITION THEY HAVE ADOPTED. IN OPPOSING A DONATION THEY FIND THEMSELVES POLITICAL BEDFELLOWS WITH MARTIN LEE: THEY SHOULD BE CONSCIOUS OF THE MFN POINT: AND SOME OF THEIR LOCAL SUPPORTERS, NOTABLY THE OFTEN MAVERICK NPC MEMBER, DOROTHY LIU, HAVE SUPPORTED A CONTRIBUTION PROVIDED IT IS NOT SPENT MILITARY PURPOSES. THEY MAY ALSO, HOWEVER, SEE THEMSELVES AS GAINING CREDIT WITH SECTIONS OF THE POPULATION OPPOSED TO ANY DONATION. INDEED THEY HAVE HELPED TO PROMOTE SUCH A VIEW.
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(PASSED EMERGENCY UNIT) (PASSED POLMIL UNIT)
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