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Dame Joan Vickers MP
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Thank you for your letter of 19 July enclosing a copy of a memorandum
from a group of Hong Kong Chinese about
the Tiaoyutai Islands.
The Islands, which are more commonly known by their Japanese name, the
Senkaku Islands, have been since 1945
administered by the USA as part of the Ryukyu Islands
and are due to revert to Japanese control with the
Ryukyus in 1972. However claims to sovereignty over
the Senkakus have been advanced by both the Nationalist
authorities in Taiwan and the People's Republic of
China. The dispute is one of considerable complexity
and we have taken no public position upon it.
As you may have seen from the written reply which
Anthony Royle gave on 12 July to a question which
John Biggs-Davison put down in the House on the
subject, neither the Cairo Declaration, Potsdam
Declaration, nor any binding international agreement
deals in express terms with the status or future of
the Senkaku Islands.
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Even if agreement were reached about sovereignty over the Islands, this
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to exploit the bed of the East China Sea in the area,
which again involves complex questions of inter-
national law.
I know that the dispute has aroused strong feeling
in Chinese communities in a number of countries.
The Japanese also feel strongly about it. While we
appreciate this concern I do not think it is for
us to take a position on this issue. We hope it will
be settled by agreement among those concerned.
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Written Answers
Malta
12 JULY 1971
59. Mr. Maclennan asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs if he will seek to pay an official visit to Malta.
Sir Alec Douglas-Home: The question of a Ministerial visit to Malta is
under consideration with the Prime Minister of Malta.
East Pakistan and India (Aid)
64. Mr. Lane asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth
Affairs, whether he is satisfied with pro- gress in stepping up relief
supplies from Great Britain to the Indian East-Pakistan border areas;
and whether he will make a statement.
Mr. Anthony Royle: Yes; relief sup- plies from the United Kingdom are
being stepped up as agreement is reached on requirements. Of the
additional assist- ance of £5 million to case the burden of the refugees
on the Government of India which we announced on 23rd June, nearly £3
million has already been committed, ́in agreement with the Indian
authorities, 'for the purchase of rice, shelter materials and tents,
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World Health Organisation (German Democratic Republic)
65. Mr. Frank Allaun asked the Sec- retary of State for Foreign and
Common- wealth Affairs why Her Majesty's Government did not support the
admis- sion of the German Democratic Republic to the World Health
Organisation at its 24th Assembly.
Mr. Kershaw: The international status of the German Democratic Republic
is in dispute. The question of German Democratic Republic participation
in the- World Health Organisation is, therefore, a political issue
which, we believe, should not be dealt with in a technical body such as
the World Health Organisation but in an appropriate political organ of
the United Nations, such as the General Assembly,
Somali Democratic Republic
66. Mr. James Johnson asked the Secre- tary of State for Foreign and
Common
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wealth Affairs if he will seek to pay an official visit to the Somali
Democratic Republic.
Mr. Kershaw: My right hon. Friend has at present no plans to do so.
67.
the
Turks and Caicos Islands Mr. Dodds-Parker asked Secretary of State for
Foreign and Com- monwealth Affairs what action he is proposing for air
and sca patrols to check vessels from poaching in the fishing grounds of
the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Mr. Kershaw: This matter is being carefully watched by the recently
appointed administrator of the Turks and Caicos Islands and his
fisheries oflicer, If, as a result, the Government of the territory make
a request for British assis- tance in dealing with this problem, we will
be ready to consider it sympatheti- cally.
Angkor (Cultural Monuments)
Mr. Biggs-Davison asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs whether Her Majsty's Govern ment have responded to
the repeated appeal of the Government of the Khmer Republic for
international action to secure the demilitarisation of the area
containing the cultural monuments of Angkor; and whether he will make a
statement.
Mr. Anthony Royle: Her Majesty's Government attach great importance to
the preservation of these magnificient cultural monuments. We are
already in contact with the Khmer Government in response to their recent
appeal for inter- national action, to see what practical steps we can
take to help.
Tiaoyutai Islands
Mr. Biggs-Davison asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs whether, having regard to the Cairo and Potsdam
Declarations, he will make a statement on the transfer of the Tinoyutia
Islets to China.
Mr. Anthony Royle: Neither the Cairo Declaration, tite Potsdam
Declaration nor any binding international agreement deals in express
terms with the future of the Tiaoyutai Islands.
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SHORTLY AFTER 21ST LOCAL TIME SIX UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON STUDENTS OF
CHINESE EXTRACTION DESCRIBING THEMSELVES AS TRE ACTION COMMITTEE TO
DEFELD TIAO-YU TAI CALLED AT THIS CONSULATE GENERAL TO READ CUT A LETTER
ADDRESSED TO THE COVERNOR OF HONG KONG IPICIL THE SOITTEE HANDED TO ME
WITH THE REQUEST THAT IT DE FORWARDED TO HONG KONG.
@ THE LETTER REFERRED TO A DEMONSTRATION RICH HAD TAKEM PLACE
IN PONG KONG ON 7 JULY DURING THICH SOME OF OUR CHINESE
COUNTRYKEN + KERE BRUTILY DISPERSED BY POLICE AND +TMENTY ONE
DEMONSTRATORS VERE ILLEGALLY ARRESTED...+. THE FOLLOWING ACTION WAS
REQUESTED + FDIATELY BY THE BRITISH AUTHORITY IN HONG KONG+
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1 DROP ALL CHAGES AGAHIST ALL THOSE WHO WERE ILLEGALLY
ARRESTED.
COMPENSATE THOSE MIO VERE INJURED BY THE POLICE.
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PERCHAID ALL OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BRUTAL
CIBCT.
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PATRICTIC MOYEHENTS IN HONG KONG.
THE COMMITTES HAD ADVISED IN ADVANCE THAT THEY WOULD DE CONT..G
TO THE OFFICE AND THEY WERE AT ALL TIES POLITE AND 24SONABLE.
1 SAID THAT I WOULD FORWARD THE COMMITTEE'S LETTER TO THE AMBASSADOR IN
WASHINGTON FCR SUCH ACTION AS HE WISHED TO TAKE IN THE MATTER. THE
MOMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE SEEMED SATISFIED AT THIS PROCEDURE THEY THE!!
EXPLAINED THAT COMMITTEES IN OTHER CITIES WOULD DE PRESENTING SIMILAR
PETITIONS TO BRITISH REPRESENTATIVES IN OTHER CITIES IN THE US. SEVERAL
PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN DURING THE PROCEEDINGS. THE PROTEST WAS AT ALL
TIMES CARRIED OUT IN A PEACEABLE FASHION.
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Sir Alec Douglas-Home Foreign Secretary British Government
London, Great Britain
Dear Sir:
In the late afternoon of July 7, some 500 college students in Hong Kong
staged a peaceful demonstration in Victoria Park to protest against the
Japanese claim over the Tiao-yu-t'ai islands. They were met by policemen
of approximately equal number. Around 7:15 p.m., a confrontation
followed. Scores of students and innocent bystanders were clubbed and
seriously injured and 21 demonstrators were arrested and detained by the
police.
The bloodshed was absolutely unnecessary. The students had made a series
of concessions in trying to follow the instructions of the Hong Kong
authorities. They had applied. for a permit. Even the site of
demonstration was chosen upon. the prior suggestion of the police last
May. The denial of the pernit by the Urban Council only a day before the
scheduled demonstration date naturally led the demonstrators to suspect
that the Hong Kong authorities had deliberately planned to embarrass
them.
At the demonstration site, the students did control themselves. All they
wanted to do on July 7 was to put up a peaceful demonstration against
the Japanese government and that was all they did. There was absolutely
no need to call in the riot-control squads for there was no riot. The
confrontation that followed was triggered off mainly by the policemen,
especially Superintendant Waley and the men under his command. They were
impatient and brutal, and their behavior revealed the colonialist
mentality of the British authority against the Chinese residents in Hong
Kong. This mentality is universally condemned.
We, the Chinese students studying in Kidwest American universities,
strongly protest the savage treatment of the Chinese college students
and people by the Hong Kong policemen in that incident. We support the
three righteous demands made by the Federation of students in Hong Kong
(immediate release of detained demonstrators; public apology by the Hong
Kong authorities for that incident; dismissal of Superintendant Waley).
We urge you to guarantee that such an unfortunate incident will never
happen in the future.
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As you must have been aware, Hong Kong was ceded to Great Britain in
1840 by the stupid Kanchu rulers and its status has always been a symbol
of national disgrace to the Chinese. This situation has to be rectified
sooner or later. For the time being, we urge you to honor the civil
rights of the residents in Hong Kong who have been faithful contributors
to the British economy in the past, especially the last quarter century.
They are entitled to the freedoms enjoyed by all other citizens in the
Commonwealth. To discriminate against them is to discriminate against
all the Chinese and we will surely fight for justice for and with them.
In order to show our support for the college students and residents in
Hong Kong and our protest against the violence of the police and your
government's colonial policy, we are staging a peaceful demonstration in
front of the British Consulate General in Chicago at 12:30 p.m., August
6, It would be wise for all parties concerned, especially the British
government and Hong Kong authorities, to realize the significance of
such a meeting.
Sincerely,
Aliano Shin Lima
S. S. Lin, Coordinator
August 6 Demonstration Against the Hong
Kong British Government
Chinese Students in Midwest American
Universities
List of University Affliation of Tiao-yu-t'ai Action Committees
Participating in the August 6 Demonstration
University of Chicago
Illinois Institute of Technology University of Iowa
University of Michigan University of Missouri Notre Dame University
University of Wisconsin
University of Illinois
University of Kansas
Michigan State University Northwestern University Purdue University
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We attach a letter which the Prime Minister has received.
It refers to correspondence sent to you on
Please arrange for your Department to deal with it as they think fit.
Please arrange for your Department to send a full reply as soon as
possible. If you are not responsible for this matter, please transfer
the letter to the appropriate Department and let us know.
Please co-ordinate any reply with the following Departments, to whom
copies have been sent
() We have not sent an acknowledgment. () We have sent a plain
acknowledgment. () We have sent an acknowledgment, saying that
the letter is receiving attention.
( ) A copy of the acknowledgment which we have
sent is attached.
Correspondence Section
Date:
10.8.71
The Honourable Edward Heath,
Prime Minister,
United Kingdom,
Dear Sir,
P.0. Box 84,
Postal Station 'A',
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Toronto, Canada.
August 3, 1971.
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We would like to draw your attention to the recent act of brutal
suppression committed by the Hong Kong Authority during a peaceful
demonstration held by several hundred Chinese students in Hong Kong on
July 7,1971.
closed letter was sent to the Governor of Hong Kong to protest against
the
Hong Kong authority's
(1) intended suppression of human right, particularly the right of
peaceful
demonstration,
(2) use of police brutality to break up student peaceful demonstration,
(3) suppression of Chinese patriotic movement on Chinese soil,
(4) the arrest of students during the peaceful demonstration.
The above incident has caused great indignation among Chinese
people both at home and overseas. Such fascist acts will never be
tolerated
by the Chinese people. We hope you would take the necessary measures to
prevent further occurrences of similer incidents.
Yours Truly,
Tiao-Yu-Tai Action Committees of
Waterloo, Toronto and Vancouver (Canada)
總督先生:
本年七月七日,我香港中國同胞為保衛中國領土釣魚台列嶼,在維多利
亜公園舉行和平示威,但港英政府事前不僅拒絕發出示威許可証件,
反而出動全副武裝警察和防暴隊,對我手無寸鉄的同胞進行血腥鎮
壓,肆意毒打及非法逮捕多人,我海外中國同胞,對此法西斯暴行,無
不表示極大憤怒。
保土衛国抵抗外来侵略,是每一個中國人應有的權利;钓鱼台事件發
生以来,世界各地愛國運動風起雲湧,在美欧各地已有多次大規模和华
遊行示威,但港英殖民地政府在中國的土地上,對保衛釣魚台示威却始
終採取無理的阻撓和暴力鎮壓政策。在這個每日自我標榜民主的社會;
每日自我聲稱尊重民意的社會,同胞們連最起碼的集會、結社、示威等
基本人權都被剝奪,這算是什麽民主?什麼尊重民意?!
必須指出:这件事並不是孤立的,港英政府本着甘殖品美作品,一貫
嚴視和鎮壓一切中國人的愛國行動,企圖扼殺香港中國同胞民族意識及
政治醒覺,這是所有中國人所不能容忍的名
我們在此強烈譴責港英對我同胞以上種種的迫害。
我們堅決要求:
(一)立刻無條件釋放該次事件所有被捕人士。
(二)向所有受傷者(包括示威者、記者及其他受傷市民公開道歉及賠償一
切損失。
(三)
立即撤職查辦助理警務處長懷德及韋利警司。
(四) 不得再藉故阻撓保釣和平示威行動,並保障示威者的人身安全。 (五)
保証今後不再發生類似事件。
最後,我們要提醒閣下:香港是中國人的土地,香港有百分之九十五
以上的居民是中國人,今日香港如有成就的話,都是中國人憑勞動
手創造出来的,今天已不是鴉片戰爭時期的海盗殖民主義時代,今天的中
國人,已經站起來了,如果港英殖民當局,悍然與我愛國同胞為敵,必自食 其惡果。
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SENKAKU DEMONSTRATION IN HONG KONG
1. As you will probably have gathered from our silence on the subject,
we have heard nothing from the Chinese authorities about the Senkaku
demonstration on 7 July or the subsequent arrests. When John Denson was
summoned to see Ch'iao Kuan-hua on 10 July we wondered whether we might
be in for a dressing down but as you know entirely different matters
were discussed. The Chinese had an opportunity of raising the matter
when Ling Ch'ing spoke to John Denson after the second meeting with
Ch'iao on 19 July (our telno 664); again nothing was said. There have
been no press reports on the subject.
2. This is not to say that the incident may not be dragged out in
evidence against us on some future occasion, but for the moment we can
be grateful for the no doubt conscious decision of the Chinese to
overlook the matter. If relations had not recently ... improved, and
above all if we were not engaged in discussions about an exchange of
Ambassadors I rather doubt if they would have been so restrained.
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Richard Samuel
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The Urban Council has agreed that four areas on Hong Kong Island
under its control may be used for peaceful public meetings and
demonstrations.
In addition, the Government has also allocated a site in Kowloon
for a similar purpose.
The five areas are:
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The Government Stadium in So Kun Po;
The knoll area at the northwest corner of Victoria Park;
The three grass football pitches at the foot of the knoll in Victoria
Park;
The football pitches in the Happy Valley Sports Ground, and, The Crown
Land in Hung Hom on which the Indoor Stadium is to be built.
Public groups wishing to use these will have to apply to the
Commissioner of Police. His permission to hold all public meetings or
demonstrations will continue to be required, and will not be
automatically given.
The Hong Kong Stadium, the football pitches in Victoria Park and
those in the Happy Valley Sports Ground will only be available if they
are
not required for public recreational use, but the Urban Council is
giving
consideration to the possibility of moving the pitches in Victoria Park
to another part of the Park in order to ease this problem in future.
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In the past one difficulty applicants had in arranging public
meetings was that of finding sites where these could take place without
unduly interfering with other members of the public.
The Government therefore asked the Urban Council to look again
at the position as it felt there is a need to have suitable sites for
this purpose.
The Council considered that football pitches should be used
for the purposes for which they were developed. Its Recreation and
Amenities Select Committee nevertheless accepted Government's view that
they might sometimes be the most advantageous sites for outdoor public
meetings, and agreed to all the four now chosen.
Applications for use of these areas must be made at least
seven days in advance with the date of the proposed meeting or
demonstration
being stated. The applicant has also to specify which site he wants to
use, adding an alternative site acceptable to him if the first one is
unavailable.
There is no change in the law regarding public meetings or
demonstrations and meetings to be held at any of these five locations
must be conducted in accordance with the law.
If an approved meeting appears to be getting out of hand the
Commissioner of Police may have to terminate it and advise people to
return
to their homes.
The decision to make these five sites available for group meetings
and peaceful demonstrations is quite separate from other suggestions
which
have been made to provide a "Speaker's Corner" in Hong Kong. This is
still
under consideration.
The Colonial
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The Colonial Secretary, Sir Hugh Norman-Walker, made it clear
in Legislative Council recently that any local "Hyde Park Corner"
would be for use by individual speakers without previous organisation or
advertisement, and that large scale organised meetings and
demonstrations
are quite a different matter.
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1. We corresponded earlier about the Senkakus, in connexion with the
events of 10 April (your letter of 18 may refers; we do not seem to have
heard from Hong Kong).
2. Following the events of 7 July (recounted in Hong Kong telegram No
465 to you) we have had a further round here. I You will have seen
Seattle telegram No 14 of 6 August. now enclose copies of subsequent
correspondence both from Seattle and Chicago, together with copies of
the English language petitions handed in. The newspaper referred to in
both cases was an issue of a lurid student publication put out at the
Chinese University on 8 July.
3. I take it that what you said about the events of 10 April still
applies and that we should continue to base ourselves on the point that
police intervention in such cases is simply a response to actual or
threatened breaches of the peace. But if there is any further guidance
you or Hong Kong would like to offer we should be glad to have it, if
only to arm our other Consular posts. I was on leave at the time of 7
July and may have missed something eg in Hansard?
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British Consulate-Ceneral 1216 Norton Buildin: Seattle, Mashington 93104
6 August 1971
Dear Chancery
In accordance with my telegram to you No 14 of today I send you the
original letter and translation addressed to the Governor of Hong Kong
by the Chinese Tiao-Yu T'ai Committee, Univerity of Washington. The
members of the Committee also handed to me a newspaper purporting to
describe the viclence which took place during the demonstration in Hong
Kong on 7 July.
2. The Committee members told me that cimilar petitions were being
handed to British consular officials in other parts of the United States
and I would assume therefore that the contents of their letter are well
known to you by now.
3. I am not copying this letter to the other recipients of my telegram
to you under reference.
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Seattle, Washington
August 6, 1971
Governor of Hongkong Hongkong
Dear Sir:
On July 7, 1971, our fellow Chinese countrymen in Hongkong staged a
peaceful demonstration for the defense of Tiao-yu T'ai as Chinese
territory. They were brutally dispersed by the police. Twenty-one
demonstrators were illegally arrested, and many more were seriously
anjured.
We as overscas Chinese students strongly protest this fascist
brutality, and demand that the following actions be carried out
immediately by the British Authority in Hongkong.
1. Drop all charges against all those who were illegally arrested.
2. Compensate those who were injured by the police.
3.
Issue an open apology regarding the incident.
4. Reprimand all officials responsible for the brutal incident.
5. Guarantee that there will be no further suppression of any
patriotic movements in Hongkong.
Sincerely yours,
Chinese Tiao-Yu T'ai Committee University of Washington
coordinators:
Eugene Lai
Gregory Tsang
Robert S. Jang
Samuel Woi
John 0. Wong
Eugene Lai
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致港葵常与抗議方
一九七一年七月七日香港的中国同胞為釣魚台
事件舉行了和平示威,但示威却遭到警方暴力驅
散,有十一人被非法逮捕和许多人给警察殴打 受嚴重傷害.
我們海外中国学生强烈抗議這程法西斯暴 行,並要求港共當局立刻實行下列措施:
一.才撤銷對被非法逮捕者的所有控罪 二、對被警察毆傷者给予賠償
三、港英當局向市民公開道歉
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