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INWARD TELEGRAM
TO THE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
(The Secretary of State)
FROM HONG KONG (0.A.G.)
D. 13 July, 1967.
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IMMEDIATE SECRET No. 1028
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300) My telegram No. 1014.
SITREP as at 13 1200.
Violence broke out again in the Colony yesterday. Kowloon was the main centre. A curfew from 2000 hrs. effectively limited disorder on the island. A curfew was also imposed on Kowloon at 2300. Public transport was again the main target and a number of buses were damaged in Kowloon, four being burnt out. The police successfully raided the main and one subsidiary branch of the Motor Transport Workers' Union (M.T.W.U.) on the island. The bodies of the seven men were buried during the night. There was a build-up of militia opposite the Lowu Bridge, resulting in the deployment of one company of 1/7 G.R. A time-bomb was exploded in the Taipo Rural Committee
Casualties Office just after a meeting had been due to start. throughout the night were few but two rioters were killed and one has since died of wounds. Both the Auxiliary Police and the Hong Kong Regiment were called out, the latter on a limited basis only. Initially today, there were fewer buses on the road in Kowloon and the New Territories. A home-made explosive charge was thrown into a police station in Kowloon during this morning.
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The curfew was imposed on the same area of Hong Kong Island as from 2000 to 0430 10/11 July both as a precautionary
There measure and as a preliminary to planned police action. was some stone and bottle throwing during the day and three home-made bombs were thrown at the police after the curfew came into force. Otherwise the area was quiet, probably because the Communists were convinced that a major attack was imminent
The on the Wah Fung Emporium, and were grouped accordingly.
RECEVE the two union premises were carried out without major
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