COPY FOR REGISTRATION
17 JUL
CONFIDENTIAL
INWARD TELEGRAM
TO THE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (The Secretary of State)
FROM HONG KONG (0.A.G.)
Cypher
D. 14 July, 1967. R. 14
1020Z
1967
IMMEDIATE
CONFIDENTIAL No. 1037
(902)
Addressed to Commonwealth Office (D.T.D.)
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My telegram No. 1028.
SEY
SITREP as at 14 1800.
The tempo of violence dropped yesterday but there were isolated attacks with explosive and incendiary devices, Kowloon being most affected. There was a minor demonstration opposite Lo Wu which was quickly stopped and dispersed by C.C.A. personnel. The police successfully raided another union premises in Kowloon.
2.
A bomb was thrown from a car at a police station in Kowloon late on 13 July without causing casualties or significant damage. Two petrol bombs were thrown, one at a car and the second during the early hours of this morning into a telephone exchange on Hong Kong Island. The resultant fire was quickly extinguished. Small crowds continued to gather in Kowloon to throw stones and paint slogans but quickly dispersed when the police arrived.
3.
At 14 0200, the police raided the Kowloon Dockyard Workers' Union and an Associated Workers' Children's school in the same block in Kowloon. The army provided the cordon party as on the previous two raids and did not otherwise participate in the operation. There was determined resistance and iron grilles across the staircases took time to breach. Bottles, daggers, acid and fire bombs were all used by the defenders and it took three hours to complete the break in. Police used tear gas and firearms. The secretary of the Union was killed and four other members injured. The police had four minor casualties. A total of 81 were arrested, including senior office-bearers of the union. A number of home-made weapons and a quantity of documents were discovered. Police morale is high as a result and it was a noteworthy feature that other occupants in the block which was raided obviously approved of the police action.
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