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EDS Majesty's Consul-General at Canton

H.M. Secretary of State presents his compliments to for Foreign Affairs and has the honour to transmit to him the under-mentioned

document

British. Consulate-General,

Canton.

11th February 1952.

Reference to previous correspondence: Canton P/L despatch

No. 6 to the Foreign Offico.

Description of Enclosure.

Name and Date.

Subject.

Copy of news release.

Arrest and deporta-

tion of Chinese

residents by the

Govt. of Hongkong.

Copied to:-

Peking No. 10;

Hong Kong No. 4.

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Pagin&osure to canton P/L despatch No. 10 (11/1-1/58Page 80152 to Peking, copied to Foreign Office No. 8 and Hong Kong No. 4.

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HSINHUA NEWS AGENCY, 26, Carnarvon Road, Kowloon, Hongkong.

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RALLY HELD IN CANTUN TO PROTEST BRITISH ATROCITIES IN HONGKONG

Feb. 8, 1952.

CANTON, Feb. 7:-

Three hundred representatives from local trade unions and those of wangtung Province held a rally here on February 3, voicing their support for the statenent issued on January 25th by the Chinese Foreign Ministry denouncing the arrest and deportation of Chinese residents by the British authorities in Hongkong.

At the rally, Chairman Lin Chiang-yun of the Trade Union Council of Lwangtung Province said: "The British imperialiste who seized Hongkong by armed force over a century ago have been persecuting Chinese for a long time, for which a final reckoning has not yet been made." lle declared that workers of Kwangtung resolutely support the Foreign Ministry's statement and pleage to back the just struggle of Chinese residents in Hongkong.

Huang Teng-ning, representative of the Canton Trade Union Council, pointed out that since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the longkong Government has been constantly deporting Chinese workers' lenders, as well as using every vile and shameless means to persecute the Chinese workers and residents. The Foreign Ministry's statement is a vigorous warning to British imperialism to end such savage outrages.

Then Chang Sheng, representative of the Chinese refugees stricken by a fire in Tungtou village of Kowloon, who was tyrannically deported by the British Government of Hongkong, described his personal sufferings at the hands of the British Government of Hongkong. Trade Union leaders Duyang Shao-feng, liai Yao-chuan and Lu Cheng-chih, who were deported from Hongkong, also denounced the outrageous and unreasonable action of the British Government of Hongkong »

Finally, Liu Tien-haing of the Trade Union Council of Awangtung Provinos reported that donations to aid the stricken Chinese in Tungtou village received from workers of the whole province to date total nearly ten million yuan. He called on workers to continue the donation campaign.

Meanwhile, many letters supporting the Foreign Ministry's statement have been received by Chinese newspapers Ta Lung Pao and Wen Wei Pao in Hongkong from Chinese residents there. A typical letter written by Chinese youth states: "with support of the people of our great motherland, our struggle to defend our legitimute rights is not isolated. The attempt of the British Government of Hongkong to suppress the Chinese people's patriotic movetient by means of arrest will certainly not succeed." A group of workers declared in their letters: "Our Foreign Ministry's statement fully demonstrates our motherland's ardent love and concernfor us. This has further strengthened our faith in and enhanced our under- standing of the motherland." Most of the letters state that with PsarBortf 82 the mighty motherland, the Chinese residents in 182 complete confidence in their ability to smash the British plot to persecute them.

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