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FM PEKING

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 1208

OF 060944Z SEPTEMBER 93

RECEI

STAYOP COPY

1993

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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

INFO PRIORITY UKREP JLG HONG KONG, WASHINGTON

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024301 MDHIAN 3860

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MY TELNO 1202 :MFA SUMMONS: HAN DONGFANG

SUMMARY

AS PREDICTED, ZHAO JIHUA COMPLAINS ABOUT COMMENTS BY THE GOVERNOR AND SIR D FORD ON THE HANDLING OF THE HAN DONGFANG CASE. I REBUT HIS ALLEGATIONS.

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2. READING FROM A PREPARED SPEAKING NOTE WHICH HE DECLINED TO HAND OVER, ZHAO SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED TO EXPRESS DEEP CONCERN OVER THE RECENT IRRESPONSIBLE REMARKS MADE BY BRITISH HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ON THE CASE OF HAN DONGFANG. ON 27 AUGUST, A SPOKESMAN FROM THE CHINESE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY HAD ISSUED A STATEMENT ON THE REFUSAL TO ALLOW HAN TO ENTER CHINA. IN SEPTEMBER 1992, BEFORE LEAVING CHINA, HAN HAD PROMISED NOT TO ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES DIRECTED AGAINST THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT. HE HAD ALSO SAID EXPLICITLY THAT HE UNDERSTOOD THAT IF HE ENGAGED IN SUCH ACTIVITIES HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RETURN TO CHINA. HOWEVER SINCE HIS DEPARTURE HE HAD BEEN MANIPULATED BY ORGANISATIONS OUTSIDE THE CHINESE MAINLAND AND HAD ENGAGED IN ACTIVITIES AGAINST CHINESE INTERESTS. THIS CONTRAVENED THE CHINESE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAW ON PUBLIC SECURITY. ON GROUNDS SET OUT IN RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF THE LAW, THE COMPETENT CHINESE AUTHORITIES HAD CANCELLED HAN'S PASSPORT AND HAD BANNED HIM FROM CHINA. AT THE SAME TIME THEY HAD SAID THAT IF HAN REPENTED, HIS RE-ENTRY MIGHT BE CONSIDERED IN THE LIGHT OF THE LAW.

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IT WAS ENTIRELY A CHINESE INTERNAL AFFAIR AND A MATTER FOR THE COMPETENT CHINESE AUTHORITIES TO HANDLE THE HAN DONGFANG CASE AS THEY SAW FIT ACCORDING TO CHINESE LAW. HOWEVER, SOME BRITISH HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HAD MADE IRRESPONSIBLE REMARKS AFTER THIS AFFAIR.

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