1969.2.25原英国驻华代办说李光耀担心遭到中共暗杀

第17届英联邦政府首脑会议(时称Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference)于1969年1月在英国伦敦召开,与会的时任新加坡总理李光耀(LEE KUAN YEW)见到了1968年8月才离任的原英国驻华代办Donald Hopson, 在一个半小时的会见中两人就中国问题进行了广泛的交谈.李光耀感到会谈很有收获,因此在Hopson说他的后任Percy Cradock(1968年8月至1969年2月间任英国驻华临时代办)下个月也要离任后,李立刻通过外交渠道邀请还在北京的Cradock在返回英国途中经停新加坡并与之会谈。

据Hopson的回忆，在谈话中李光耀特意问到了两个问题：1.中国的造船能力，在未来十年内中国能否派遣一支小舰队到南海炫耀武力；2.政治暗杀，中共会否派出一支暗杀小组到新加坡刺杀他，毕竟现在泰国和越南的共产党还在用这种办法破坏政治稳定。

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CYPHER/CAT-A-              CONFIDENTIAL

IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND C0MMONWEALTH OFFICE  TO HC SINGAPORE

TELEGRAM NUMBER 141                 25 FEBRUARY 1969(FE)

CONFIDENTIAL.

YOUR TELEGRAM NO 74.

SIR DONALD HOPSON'S CONVERSATION WITH LEE KUAN YEW LASTED ABOUT ONE AND A HALF HOURS AND RANGED OVER MANY ASPECTS OF CHINESE AFFAIRS. HE IS NOT CERTAIN WHAT LEE MEANT BY QUOTE RE-EXAMINING HIS ASSUMPTIONS UNQUOTE BUT HAS SUGGESTED THAT HE MIGHT BE REFERRING TO TWO SUBJECTS WHICH APPEARED TO CONCERN HIM. LEE ASKED A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ABOUT CHINESE SHIP BUILDING CAPACITY AND ITS CAPABILITY OF SENDING A NAVAL SQUADRON ON A FLAG-FLYING MISSION INTO THE WATERS OF SOUTH EAST ASIA WITHIN THE NEXT 10 YEARS. LEE ALSO SOUGHT SIR DONALD HOPSON’S VIEW ON THE POSSIBILITY OF THE CHINESE SENDING AN ASSASSINATION TEAM TO SINGAPORE TO KILL HIM. HE HAD NOTED THAT THIS REMAINED AN IMPORTANT WEAPON IN COMMUNIST TERRORIST TACTICS IN THAILAND AND VIETNAM AND SEEMED TO THINK THAT THEY MIGHT BE PREPARED TO USE THE SAME TACTICS IN SINGAPORE IN ORDER TO DISRUPT THE POLITICAL SYSTEM.

STEWART

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FAR EASTERN DEPT

 S.W.P.D.

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出处:英国外交部档案FCO21/514