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154602 MDLIAN 3125
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FM HONG KONG
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TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 3559
12 NOV 1991
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OF 111056Z NOVEMBER 91
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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OUR TELNO 3108: HONG KONG BRANCH OF FEDERATION FOR DEMOCRACY IN
CHINA
1. CHEN RONGCHUN OF NCNA CALLED ON THE POLITICAL ADVISER TODAY (11 NOV) TO FOLLOW UP IN FAMILIAR TERMS THE REPRESENTATIONS
REPORTED IN TUR.
2. CHEN REFERRED BACK TO NCNA'S TWO PREVIOUS APPROACHES, REPEATING THE CLAIM THAT AN FDC HONG KONG BRANCH HAD BEEN FORMALLY ESTABLISHED ON 15 SEPTEMBER. THE FDC WERE USING THE COVER OF THE CHINA SPRING BOOKSHOP TO EXPAND THEIR ACTIVITIES IN HONG KONG AND TO RECRUIT MEMBERS TO THE FDC. THE ORGANISATION WAS CHAIRED BY FUNG XUANYE. WU YINGLU, LIANG YAOMING AND YAO YONGZHAN
WERE ALSO INVOLVED.
3. NCNA COULD NOT/NOT BUT PROTEST ONCE AGAIN AGAINST THE ACTIVITIES OF THIS ORGANISATION WHICH WERE AIMED AT OVERTHROWING THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE SINO-HONG KONG RELATIONS WHICH HAD IMPROVED SINCE THE PM'S VISIT. THEY WERE ALSO IN CONTRAVENTION OF HONG KONG LAW. HE REQUESTED HKG TO TAKE EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO PREVENT THE ACTIVITIES OF THE FDC, TO EXPEL THOSE INVOLVED AND TO CLARIFY THE SITUATION.
4. IN RESPONSE EHRMAN MADE THREE POINTS:
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THE HKG HAD REPEATEDLY MADE CLEAR THAT WE DID NOT/NOT WANT HONG KONG TO BE USED BY OUTSIDERS FOR THEIR OWN POLITICAL BATTLES:
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WE TOO HAD SEEN THE PRESS REPORTS TO WHICH CHEN HAD REFERRED. WE HAD CHECKED THE ALLEGATIONS VERY CAREFULLY AND COULD CONFIRM THAT NO APPLICATION HAD BEEN RECEIVED TO ESTABLISH A BRANCH
OFFICE OF THE FDC IN HONG KONG:
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WE HAD NOT/NOT SEEN ANY EVIDENCE OF ANY CONTROVERSIAL ACTIVITIES BY THOSE MENTIONED BY CHEN.
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