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PEKING TELNO 764: PRO DEMOCRACY DEMONSTRATIONS IN HONG KONG

1. WANG GUISHENG'S PROTEST WAS ON STANDARD LINES, THOUGH A LITTLE MORE DETAILED THAN THE TWO WE HAVE SO FAR RECEIVED FROM NCNA HERE ABOUT THIS YEAR'S 4 JUNE COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS (DEPUTY POLITICAL ADVISER'S MINUTES OF 21 AND 29 MAY, ALREADY CIRCULATED BY FAX). WANG'S DESCRIPTION OF THE PARADE ON THE EVENING OF 30 MAY IS EXAGGERATED. IN FACT IT WAS SMALLER THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS (NOT MORE THAN AROUND 3,000 PARTICIPANTS) AND WELL DISCIPLINED. IT CERTAINLY POSED NO THREAT TO THE 'NORMAL LIFE AND WORK' OF THE NCNA, LET ALONE TO THE 'STABILITY OF HONG KONG SOCIETY'

2. WE SEE NO NEED FOR PEKING TO REVERT TO WANG WITH A FURTHER RESPONSE (TUR PARA. 4). THE HKMAO AND/OR THE NCNA MAY THEMSELVES RETURN TO THE CHARGE, PERHAPS ABOUT THE CANDLE-LIT VIGIL 4 JUNE. THAT WILL PROBABLY BE ON A LARGER SCALE THAN THE PARADE: WE WILL REPORT ON IT ON 5 JUNE.

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