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from Hang Kung
to convene
Group
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intending
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probably for next week - d suggested that E/50 be put on the agents We
can then deal with 1x of 60.
4. Another malts that is likely
to be on
is the suggestion that of Filles
the agenda is
mishr fo
to Hong Kong.
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5. See also the thimister's brews at (5).
Ed (4206)
P.TO.
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$
to attend the Working
1 Grant yourself,
or shall I go along?
ANTI
7.12.67
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5 mun leave this
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To:-
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P. C. M. Sedgwick, Esq., CMG, Hong Kong Government Office, 54, Pall
Mall, S.W.1.
Telephone No. & Ext.
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PRIVACY MARKING
In Confidence
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Department
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I am replying to your letter of 16 November with
which you enclosed a copy of the paper produced by the
Overseas Public Relations Coordination Committee in
Hong Kong on steps to maintain overseas confidence in the
Colony.
From our study of the paper it seems to us that it is
intended to set out Hong Kong's own domestic arrangements
to project the Colony's image overseas. We have reached
this conclusion because nowhere does the paper mention what
part the United Kingdom information effort is to be asked
to play. It does, however, refer in paragraph 5 to the
use of various British Missions overseas as "agencies
engaged in retaining, repairing and fostering overseas
confidence" in Hong Kong. But this appears to be a
reference to an already existing situation.
Rivett-Carnac is to return here from Hong Kong
later this month and he will doubtless be able to clarify
the above points.
I understand that the reason why China is not
mentioned in paragraphs 5 or 6 of the paper is because
that country is regarded as requiring separate and special
treatment.
On a matter of minor detail, should not the
reference in paragraph 4(g) be to paragraph 57
SECRET
HONG KONG WORKING GROUP
The third meeting of the Hong Kong "orking Group was held in Room
226, the Foreign Office at 11.15 a.D. on Wednesday, 13 December, 1967.
Present were:
Mr. Peck (Chairman)
IRD
Mr. Gaminara
Hong Kong and West India Dept.
Mr. Littlejohn Cook
JIPGD
Mr. Lewis
JIPGD
Mr. Rivett-Carnac
Miss Stowe
Colonel Wild
Mr Wilson
JIPGD
Ministry of Defence.
IRD
2.
The Chairman said that the meeting had been called in order to
take advantage of Mr. Rivett-Carnac's presence in London to discuss the
situation in Hong Kong and problens of staffing and organisation of the
information effort there.
3. Reporting on his tour of duty, Mr. Rivett-Carnac said that his first
two months had been fully occupied in organising information activities
of the various committees established to deal with the Hong Kong
emergency. He reported that they were well able to deal with information
designed for the population of the Colony. The main requirement had been
to improve con- tacts with the foreign press corps and for better
external communications. He had initiated twice-weekly press
conferences. These had been open to all foreign correspondents but, as
many were in Hong Kong primarily as China ratchers, attendance had in
practice consisted mainly of representatives of the larger news
agencies. Briefings by the Governor and by Heads of various government
departments had been valuable, while the introduction of group units to
closed areas along the Chinese border, which frequently figured in rews
reports, had been much appreciated.
4. On communications with the rest of the world, Mr. Rivett- Camac
reported that the declassification of the Sitrep tele- grams to the CRO
enabled information to be used quickly for briefing the press. He felt,
however, that there was considerable scope for improving the content of
the daily telegban from the GIS Hong Kong to the Hong Kong office in
London. This should include points for use in positive propaganda as
well as factual reportage. The main problen was the lack of writers who
had not previously been needed for the internal information effort.
5. Elr. Rivett-Carnac added that, as an outsider, he had been able to do
much to improve relations between the various govern- ment departments.
The release of material previously classi- fied quite unnecessarily had
also improved nows coverage. He emphasised, however, that lack of
physical security ande the GIS an unsuitable vehicle for unattributable
propagandā.
THIS IS A COPY
THE ORIGINAL HAS DEEN RETAINED IN THE DEPARTMENT UNDER SECTION 344) OF
THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT 1958
SECRET
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SECRET
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Mr. Puck reverted to the rustion of atrial for the Hong Kong government
office in Lenton.
Its reported that as the day telegram was prepared by a local employ in
Hong Kon, edsures to improve it would have to be taken in Hon Kong.
7. Mr. Rivett-Camac expressed the view that there was no nued for anyone
to be appointed to replace him. It was, however, essential for someone
to be found by April 1968 to act for the Deputy Head of the Inferntion
Svices, who was responsible for running the special committees in Hong
Kong and he would be on loave from lay to Ducembur, 1968. This was a
Hong Kong government appointent and a candidate was available.
8. In reply to Hr. Littlejohn Cook Mr. Rivett-Camic stated that ideally
three writers were needed to reparo tori-1 i. Dalish, Since a three year
tour of duty s envised, this ruled out the possibility of the Foreign
Office supplying an officer on temporary secondment. Although to
responsibility for the recruitment of two furt or writers rested with
the Hong Kong government working through the Hong Kon, office in London,
it was agreed that JIFGD and IRD should keep their eyes open for
suitable candidates. It was claphasised that the successful candidates
would have to be fully briefed on Foreign Office news outlets.
9. Chinese-sporking audiences were largely kept informed by the
circulation of Hong Kong news10.crs. This had proved an impractical
nodium for reaching Hong Kong seamen who were catered for by leaflets
and other material produced by the Marine Departent and given world wide
distribution by Hong Kong shipping companies. Hong Kong citizens abroad
wore in general not yet well informed.
10. In reply to further questions, Mr. Rivett-Carnac said that coverage
of events in Hong Kon in the Japanese recs had improved considerably,
following the two-week visit of a Japanese speaker from t. British bassy
in Tokyo who had done auch to establish better relations with Japenese
correspondents.
11. Asked by Colonel id about te strength or weakness of Hong Kong
radio, Kr. Rivett-Crnac said that it operated on medium wave for
internal audiences only and was largely a vehicle for Government views.
A short wave norse link enabled ships to be reached. A satisfactory
volume of materi l as received from the COI. He adued that television
had no great influence as it did not reach the majority of the
population. The existing station as government-run and a second
commercial station as just starting. ir. Listlejohn Cook said that he
hoped to meet the head of Hung Kong radio, currently in London,
12. Colonel 714 reported that the psychological warfare team had been in
Hong Kong, for a week, It had obtained financial
i.asures
support for a six month tour of duty.
to establish it on a per..anent oasis would depend on whether the Hong
Kong government wished it to remain or started up a similar unit of its
own.
13.
It was agreed that:
a)
written comments on the paper "Overseas Confidence in Hong Kong"
produced by the Hong Kong government's Overseas Public Relations
Coordination Committee should be sent to Mr. Gazinare and copies to
other members of t'e Working Group.
b) JIPGD would write to Kr. att, Director of the Hong Kong Government's
Information Services, offering further assistance in the recruitment of
writers.
There's the
CONFIDENTIAL
BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION
P.O. Box 1812, Custom House Quay WELLINGTON, New Zealand
Telegraphic address: Ukrep Telephone: 46-060
Telex: NZ 3325
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2-WEL. 280/35/1
Ar. Capfovince A. Brown
Mr. Hewit wa
H.K. tu No 135′′5′′
Dear Carter,
14 December, 1967
handling Wr28/12
We ought to send
suitable reply.
ADI VICE PUBLICITY ON HONG KONG
We were interested to see Hong Kong telegram No. 1355 which expressed
concern at the attitude of a number of the major airlines and shipping
companies to the promotion of travel to Hong Kong and we had thought of
commenting on it at the time insofar as it referred to Air New Zealand
and press reporting in New Zealand of Hong Kong affairs. It seemed
however that your telegram No. 1954 was probably no more than an interim
reply and that you might be considering bringing us more directly into
the exchanges at a later date. As it has turned out, our guess was
wrong, and we have seen no more correspondence on this subject. The
general situation in Hong Kong has now improved, but it may still be
useful if, even at this late date, I set out briefly some
I set out briefly some comments on the
points raised in Hong Kong's telegram.
2. It is difficult to see on what grounds Hong Kong based their asse.
tion that there had been a "good deal of inaccurate reporting of Hong
Kong affairs
in New Sealand". Most of the
reports which have appeared in the New Zealand press have reflected
pretty faithfully the line taken by newspapers in Britain -as they often
do on other topics. In this instance, since the New Zealand Press
Association have no representative in Hong Kong the local press has
leaned heavily on Reuters representative for its stories. The local
papers have also published many of the articles and background notes
which we have distributed on receipt from London. In addition, the
N.Z.B.C. broadcast (live or recorded) the B.B.C. Overseas News four
times each morning and twice in the evenings. The press and radio
coverage here has therefore been factually correct, and it would be
difficult to lay our hands on any item which was given a more
sensational slant than the original story.
Carter Esq. C.V.O.,
Hong Kong and West Indien
Church House,
Great Smith Street
LONDON, SV.1.
LAST
REF.
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1 JAN 1968
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Le cannot commen on the attitude of the shipping lines, though as
your own telegram suggested, their actions may have been dictated by
purely commercial considerations). 3t we do know that, in September for
example, bookings to Hong Kong through the local BOAC office were
showing an upward trend and that there had been no sign of a fall in
business even during the height of the trouble.
By and large most New Zealanders travellin abroad will, if the
oportunity arises or can be contrived, stop-over in Hong Kong. The
prospects of good duty-free shopping tend to over-ride many other
considerations; and there is no reason to suppose that this attitude
would change unless the situation in Hong Kong deteriorated quite
severely and there were authenticated stories of visitors being molested
and getting involved in the shooting. (I might add, for good reacure,
that one Wellington paper published a story about a Few ealand woman who
had lived in Hong Kong for some months includin the worst of the
trouble; she said that life had one on much as before and that she had
had no difficulty over shopping etc. and that she had not had any fears
even when her husband was travelling outside Hong Kong
12
5. This is all rather negative, but I think it indicates clearly enough
that Hong Kong has not had a bad press in New Zealand. Koreover, there
is no reason to suppose that if there were to be another outburst,
reporting here would be other than factual. Of course, the right type of
́ammunition" would always be useful, and it might well be worth
considering whe ther now or some time in the future the Hong Kong
Tourist Office in Sydney could or should take a more positive line in
"selling" Hong Kong The Tourist Office sends out regular
-
information and rews letters to airline offices and travel agents, and
this sort of information from some one on the spot (or almost on the
spot) is likely to be more convincing than any ress reports.
N
5. Finally, I think you will be interested to see the enclosed cories of
some correspondende which an importer in Auckland exchanged with a firm
in Shanghai It would not be unfair to say that Mr Jackson (the importer)
is an average New Zealander"; but you will see that he holds very robust
views which illustrate in another way that Hong Kong's telegram
contained more than one assumption which turned out to be inaccurate.
Joma sincerely. John hilles
(J.2.A. Miles)
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Attention: kr. Gainor Jackson
Jou nave use the rest malicious words in your letter of 15 August to
abuse our world thunder ei revolutionary young fighters - the med
Guards, to slander the just struggle of our valiant longong patriotic
compa trict against the iritish violence and to attackour great Chinese
Courunist rty as well as our goat socialist system. zainst it, we lodge
our strongest protest with you,
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from our pint of view, we consistently hold that trude and commerce
sunnot be divorced from politice. but you have played the hypocrite by
saving "we are surprised at your allowing a political situation to daler
tats irade and Commerce", "Trade and Commerce are amove politicaì
bez ormai derations" and "Trade transcends the jour a c? overment to ona
trǝl It't, etc., which are aberlutely preposterous ideas. in the words
and Lines of your letter, there are full of ressurs, enders and
defamation. what on it Le if it is not of politicɛi
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rediost red sun in the nines of the people in China and the word inver
and the great Chinese Communist carty, the Chinese worker 9, the poor
and her midale peasants ant read masses of waking;eople Tecome the
mastery of the country and unfol! the three great revolutionary
movesonte of elass strungie, the struggle. Arroiction and welentific
experiments. The proletarian cultural rewlution folusi et present de
unir gelented in nistry. lo-ary, can you Sh. any capitalist country or
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Chien/llong Tong Border
On the futh bigust last I wrote to you and enclosed a photoster copy of
a letter received from the China National
- dustrial Products, Import & Export Corporation, nghed, wherein they
stated that because of the Aisturbances Tong long, caused by the Pritish
Fascists, they were not, mder my circumstances, prepared to trans-ship
some goods ordered by ne vie Tong (948. akira weled a copy of our letler
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the higher cost. So it is an ill wing that blows nobody some good.
Apart from sending a copy of this letter from the China
Watimal Light Industrial Products to yourself and the Price Minister, we
have decided to give it no further publicity as it may injure diplomatic
relations between Britain and China, but it is as well that you should
be informed.
GJ: EB 2.
Yours faithfully,
Sannfachen
Gai Jackson.
Sis the 22 agjent Grilled on an Exclay's send dispell the leller
Lagers com from the Ponty ins/presentive worth this organsation that
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the sprli sme merely two masks for hiing shane, in these places, the
bresc resses of working people have only the freedom to be enclaved, the
fezlom be ex; lcited, and the freedom to be hunger ud,
Do you feel s mu of your selves that you should reverse right and wrong
and cone the bias with white?
what went cusa in your letter that he have every faith that any action
Taken My Me Sitish authorities in mengkong will have been to put dosa
violence under mua disturbing, K. o peace and goo, order of that
community" 1s just the one tanu of the Iritish Imperialists playing a
trick of thief crying "stop thief".
de mult a^lepaly point out that Hongkong is the territory of China. for
some than a century, the witish imperialists occupyin, Hongkong
པ གས have done ze much evil, and incurred so many tlood jolts;
particularly during the recent sonths, everywhere in long ong it is
founi sist our hongrong org,trioto have been beaten up, kidnapped, per
segitea and
It is the ritis imperialists ho nave perpetrate the Macist strocitius
und disturbed the normal or uur of the command ty. These are tie iron
facte which are undeniable.
kus valiant strugie of our fongkong corputriots ogsinat the towering
faciat crimes of die British Amperialia: is stirul, sega). TH+ there is
oppressir, there is registence. in the present srn, it is not the size
ac in the aptch of 19th-century. Having & powerful socialist notherlund
es their book for ce, how can Hongkong's patriotic compatriots stmed
with the invincible thought of hao Tse-tung tolerate the fascist
aterities : the British authorities in dongkong! No, thou aanú "po". Ten
thousan) me." To-day, the fate of Hongkong is held in the hands of
Cainese people as well as of our Hongkong compatriots. It is abolutely
incssille to tolerate the Indian 15perialists' em tinued misdeeds in
The Chinese people and the Vengkong patriotic conju tricts van
grond.
ora me to triumph, an, the british imperjelists are gure to be defeated.
Pioan wie ste in chorus with iritish. inper fuldsts will als er no
account no to a god end.
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The valiant young revolutionary fighter - Red Quards have ackieved
immortal neits in the proletarian cultural revolution, winning resound
famo over the world. The revolutionary people of all countries are
without exception elated and inspired and unanimously expressing their
high approbation to the Red Quards' achievements. But contrary to this,
the imperialists, the revisionists, all reactionaries, ghosts and
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