They continued to keep a gateway to freedom open. Now. the Hong Kong government appears to have submitted to Communist pressure. One reason for the Communist Chinese desire to end the flow of refugees is to keep the Free World from knowing the brutal nature of that regimes policies. Discussing the unfortunate decision of British authorities In Hong Kong and in London to turn refugees back at the border. the China Post. an English language daily newspaper in Taipei. Taiwan. declared thatThe Chinese Communist attempt to cover up the real situation is now being assisted and abetted by the Hong Kong authorities. The free world should not permit it to continue at the expense of human liberty. The fact that Hong Kong is overcrowded is well known. Yet. there has been an offer by the Government of the Republic of China in Taiwan to accomInodate any refugees who do not have families or employment in Hong Kong itself. Clearly. the choice facing the British authorities is not simply one of sending refugees back to the mainland. on the one hand. or of facing an ever expanding population in Hong Kong. These refugees should be given a choice. How Great Britain can provide them with anything less without abandoning its entire history and tradition of re-
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