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FOREIGN OFFICE
Telno. 502
17 May 1967
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UNCLASSIFIED
Addressed to Foreign Office telegram No. 502 of 17 May. Repeated for information to Hong Kong, POLAD Singapore and Washington.
Demonstrations have continued on roughly the same scale as those yesterday, but seem rather more under control.
For very short periods yesterday it was not possible to enter or leave the Mission, but so far today this has not been too difficult. Demonstrators continue to chant standard slogans and have both strangled and burned Mr. Wilson in effigy. We have also been treated to occasional puppet shows, revolutionary dances and a performance depicting Chinese heroes vanquishing British and American imperialists.
Our Chinese office staff and domestic servants reported back for work this morning.
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3. The house of the Reuters correspondent Gray has also been covered with such slogans as "Crush Wilson's dog's head" and "British imperialists get out of Hong Kong". This morning, following an attempt by Gray to photograph his own house, he was besieged for a few hours by a hostile group of 200 or 300 people who had also trapped Toronto Globe and Mail correspondent Oancia, who was watching incident from his car.
Mr. Hopson
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