British Government was warned about Tiananmen Square ’bloodshed’ two weeks before Beijing massacre | The Independent
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The British Government was warned the Chinese People’s Liberation Army were preparing to kill hundreds of student protesters in #Tiananmen Square two weeks before the massacre took place, recently declassified documents suggest.
A secret diplomatic cable, recently declassified by the National Archives, showed Britain’s envoy to Beijing had warned officials in London of the potential “bloodshed”.
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At the time, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said she was “shocked and appalled by the shootings”.