The death toll from the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre was at least 10,000 people, killed by a Chinese army unit whose troops were likened to “primitives”, a secret British diplomatic cable alleged.
The State Council member, Sir Alan said, “has previously proved reliable and was careful to separate fact from speculation and rumour”.
Sir Alan said previous waves of troops had gone in unarmed to disperse the protesters, many of whom were students.
Then, Sir Alan wrote, “The 27 Army APCs [armoured personnel carriers] opened fire on the crowd before running over them.
Sir Alan added: “Students understood they were given one hour to leave square, but after five minutes APCs attacked.
APCs then ran over the bodies time and time again to make, quote ‘pie’ unquote, and remains collected by bulldozer.
The Chinese government has always characterised the response to the Tiananmen Square protests as legitimate defence against a counter-revolutionary riot or rebellion. »
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