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IMMEDIATE
CONFIDENTIAL
INWARD TELEGRAM
TO THE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (The Secretary of State)
FROM HONG KONG (Sir D. Trench)
D. 16 May 1967
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My telegram No.609.35
Hong Kong.
Indications are that in the immediate future the emphasis of Left-wing activity will be on the presentation of petitions at Government House in the most provocative and unruly way possible. Today petitions were presented by 11 delegations over a continuous period of six hours and it required the greatest restraint on the part of my ADCs to prevent trouble. The size of the delegations is growing and we believe that for example on 18 May 200 delegates will present a petition from one union.
2. I am accordingly making arrangements to restrict the entry of petitioners into Government House grounds: but I am providing reasonable facilities for the acceptance of petitions at the gate,
30 I doubt however if these arrangements will be effective for long, or that they can be enforced without disorder. It is probable further measures will soon have to be taken to keep unruly crowds away from Government House.
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