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May 28, 1989

China Division, Asian Affairs Bureau [Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan], 'Report from the Embassy in China Concerning Student Moves in Tiananmen Square'

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Subject: China’s Political Situation

Date and Time of Transmission: May 28 (Sunday)

Number of Pages for Transmission: [blank]

Transmitting Section: China Division, Asian Affairs Bureau

Message: Report from the Embassy in China Concerning Student Moves in Tiananmen Square

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Executive Secretary to the Prime Minister

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Secretary to the Chief Cabinet Secretary

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Secretary to the Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary

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Director for the Cabinet Councilors’ Office on External Affairs

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Secretary to Minister Miyamoto

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Administrative Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs

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Private Secretary to the Vice-Minister

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Deputy Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Kuriyama

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Deputy Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Kunihiro

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Ambassador in Charge of International Economy

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Deputy Minister

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Assistant Vice Minister

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Director, Management and Coordination Division

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Director-General for Press and Public Relations

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Director, Press Division

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Director-General, Consular and Emigration Affairs Department

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Director-General, Asian Affairs Bureau

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Director-General, North American Affairs Bureau

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Director-General, Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Bureau

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Director-General, European and Oceanic Affairs Bureau

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Director-General, Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau

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Director-General, Economic Affairs Bureau

 

 

Director-General, Economic Cooperation Bureau

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Director-General, Treaties Bureau

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Director-General, United Nations Bureau

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Deputy Director-General for Science and Technology

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Director-General, Information Analysis, Research and Planning Bureau

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Director, Information Division

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Sit-in at Tiananmen Square Continues (Propagandist from the Student Side)

There has been reporting in some Japanese newspapers that the students in Tiananmen Square will end their sit-in on the 30th, but on the 28th a member of the student propaganda department in the square said the following:

1. We held a meeting today. Such a view was among those put forth then, but it was rejected. The decision was made to persist in continuing the sit down.

2. Our demand remains Li Peng’s stepping down and the retraction of the editorial of April 26.

3.  The economic situation is becoming difficult because the party and government are cracking down.

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A brief report on the demands of student protestors in Tiananmen Square, which includes the demand that Li Peng steps down.


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2020-0545, Act on Access to Information Held by Administrative Organs, published online by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Translated by Stephen Mercado.

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