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INWARD TELEGRAM
TO THE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
(The Secretary of State)
FROM HONG KONG (Sir D. Trench)
Ju
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D. 12 June, 1967.
R. 12
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My telegram (?). 814
Sitrep as at 12.00 hours 12 June.
The industrial scene is still uneasy with numerous rumours of widespread action impending. Only in the Gas Works and the Dairy Farm are there serious stoppages at the moment. There was a large pro-Communist demonstration in the border village Sha Tau Kok in British territory on Saturday. Police took action against a loudspeaker in a Communist owned cinema in Kowloon on Friday night. A further telegram of protest has been received from Leung Wai Lam, local director of the N.C.N.A. There are further rumours of attempts to interfere with the distribution of food on the island tomorrow.
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Despite the failure of the proposed general strike on Saturday there are rumours of another attempt being made. Today is a Chinese holiday so we cannot expect much action. The Government policy of dismissing absentee workers and re-registering which has been followed by two major public utilities may have discouraged the repetition of small scale token strikes. The Gas Works labour force strength is still only 10 per cent the Government assistance continues. The Dairy Farm is not producing ice which will affect the fishing and food supply industries. Some difficulty is being found in keeping the cold storage plant going where the majority of our reserves of perishable foodstuffs is kept. Government assistance is being considered.
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Some 1,000 people paraded in Sha Tau Kok and plastered
the area with posters. These will be removed but this is a
very sensitive area where the border runs through the main street
of the village.
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On Friday night a Communist cinema, which had been
periodically broadcasting a short but virulent anti-Government
diatribe, was raided. Twenty-five people were arrested and charged with obstruction and assault on the police using iron bars. A number of batons, home-made bludgeons and crude gas masks were found as well as quanitities of food and posters.
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