CHAOS IN CHINA AS GOVERNMENT CRACKS DOWN ON STUDENT PROTESTERS

NBC ID: AR8BSA0M2K | Production Unit: Nightly News | Media Type: Aired Show | Media ID: N890603 | Air Date(s): 06/03/1989 | Event Date(s): 06/03/1989

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Event Date(s): 06/03/1989 | Event Location(s): Peking;China Peoples Republic Of | Description: CHAOS IN CHINA AS GOVERNMENT CRACKS DOWN ON STUDENT PROTESTERS MAP OF CHINA WITH BEIJING HIGHLIGHTED& INSET STILL OF MORRISON SEEN. IN LIVE TELEPHONE REPORT FROM BEIJING MORRISON SAYS GUNFIRE HAS CALMED SINCE EARLY MORNING INITIAL ASSAULT BY GOVERNMENT SOLDIERS ON STUDENT DEMONSTRATORS; SAYS FOREIGN JOURNALISTS HAVE BEEN TRAPPED& SAYS CBS CORRESPONDENT ROTH& HIS CAMERAMAN WILLIAMS WERE BOTH BEATEN& ARE IN DETENTION; SAYS ITS IMPOSSIBLE TO CALCULATE RISING DEATH TOLL; SAYS GOVERNMENT ISSUED A STATEMENT THIS MORNING SAYING IT HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO FIRE UPON STUDENTS BECAUSE STUDENTS HAD STOLEN WEAPONS FROM SOLDIERS& HAD DAMAGED TANKS; SAYS SOLDIERS OPENED FIRE IN HOSPITALS& SLAMMED THEIR TRUCKS THROUGH HUMAN BARRICADES& SAYS SOLDIERS SHOT AT ANYTHING ON THEIR ADVANCE TOWARD TIANANMEN SQUARE INCLUDING TOURISTS. STILLS INCLUDING DESERTED TIANANMEN SQUARE WITH GREAT HALL OF THE PEOPLE& GATE OF HEAVENLY PEACE; IN PRE-DAWN DARKNESS LIGHTS& ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS; AMBULANCE; IN HOSPITAL MAN WALKING WITH BLOOD-COVERED WOMAN WITH HEAD WOUND; MEDICS STANDING OVER VICTIM ON STRETCHER& VICTIM WITH BULLET WOUND IN SIDE; MEDICS& STUDENTS CARRYING WOUNDED ON STRETCHER; IN HOSPITAL CORRIDOR DOCTORS& NURSES CARRYING WOUNDED ON GURNEY; IN PRE-DAWN DARKNESS MILITARY TRUCKS& SILHOUETTES OF PROTESTERS; SMOKE& GLOW FROM TRUCK EXPLOSION; IN DAY SOLDIERS ASSEMBLED OUTSIDE; STUDENTS SURROUNDING SOLDIERS IN TRUCKS; STUDENTS SURROUNDING CONVOY OF MILITARY TRUCKS& CLAPPING STUDENTS SURROUNDING SOLDIERS IN TRUCK SEEN. AT NIGHT ELDERLY CHINESE MAN SEEN LECTURING SOLDIERS. SOLDIERS IN STUDENT SURROUNDED TRUCK HOLD JACKETS IN THEIR HANDS. OVERHEAD SHOT OF SOLDIERS SITTING ON GROUND SEEN. SOLDIERS RISE FROM GROUND TO DISPERSE INTO CROWD. STUDENTS SEEN SURROUNDING TANK& TALKING TOSOLDIERS. IN DARKNESS STUDENTS ON PLATFORM SEEN. STUDENT LEADER SAYS BULLETS WILL NOT DISTINGUISH STUDENT OR SOLDIER. WE MUST ALL FIGHT AGAINST MARTIAL LAW. STILLS OF STUDENTS DEMONSTRATORS OUTSIDE GREAT HALL OF THE PEOPLE DURING DAY; MAN WITH BLOODY FACE FROMHEAD WOUND; CLOSE UP OF BLOODY FACE; STUDENTS HOLDING WHITE SHIRT STAINED WITH BLOOD; STUDENTS WITH BANNERS OUTSIDE GATE OF HEAVENLY PEACE& PORTRAIT OF MAO ZEDONG HANGING ON GATE SEEN. AT NIGHT STUDENTS IN SQUARE GIVE V SIGN& ANGRY STUDENTS SURROUND MILITARY TRUCK. CLOSE UP OF STUDENTS HOLDING GUNS IN HOLSTERS SEEN. IN DAY STUDENTS IN CROWD HOLD KNIVES OVER THEIR HEADS. IN SQUARE STUDENTS RIDE BICYCLES HOLDING BANNERS& FLAGS. ROWS OF TENTS SEEN. ON CHINESE TV PREMIER LI PENG SEEN DELIVERING SPEECH. IN EARLY MORNING LIGHT STUDENTS IN SQUARE SURROUND STATUE OF GODDESS OF DEMOCRACY. GREAT HALL OF THE PEOPLE SEEN IN DISTANCE. MAP OF CHINA WITH BEIJING HIGHLIGHTED& INSET STILL OF MORRISON AS MORRISON SIGNS OFF IN VO SEEN. 89F0114 CS; SKYCOM #2 (6-3-89) HIT TIME 7:31:49 TA; UNABLE TO ESTABLISH ALL IDS Producers: NBC

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