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The British Army of the 1980s was willing to control riots by shooting people. Now VICE can reveal a secret army file, which shows how British soldiers planned to deal with unrest when Hong Kong was still a British colony in the 1980s. The file, discovered at the National Archives, shows that the British army's plans to handle a similar situation were actually much worse. While the Chinese police used tear gas, the British Army would have preferred bullets. Vice Phil Miller - The British Army's Secret Plan to Shoot Protesters in Hong Kong in the 80s
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The British Army of the 1980s was willing to control riots by shooting people. Now VICE can reveal a secret army file, which shows how British soldiers planned to deal with unrest when Hong Kong was still a British colony in the 1980s. The file, discovered at the National Archives, shows that the British army's plans to handle a similar situation were actually much worse. While the Chinese police used tear gas, the British Army would have preferred bullets. Vice Phil Miller - The British Army's Secret Plan to Shoot Protesters in Hong Kong in the 80s
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The British Army of the 1980s was willing to control riots by shooting people.
Now VICE can reveal a secret army file, which shows how British soldiers planned to deal with unrest when Hong Kong was still a British colony in the 1980s. The file, discovered at the National Archives, shows that the British army's plans to handle a similar situation were actually much worse. While the Chinese police used tear gas, the British Army would have preferred bullets.
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