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27 August, 1967
HONG KONG TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
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UNCLASSIFIED
Press report.
270700. Attention Glover.
The border had remained quiet throughout yesterday. Towards the evening the police carried out a search of the Lighterage Union in Reclamation Street, Kowloon. Twelve people were arrested and a quantity of inflammatory posters was seized.
Earler in the afternoon the police fired seven rounds of tear gas to disperse a crowd of one thousand demonstrators in Des Voeux Road Central outside the Central Market on Hong Kong Island. Five people, including a woman, were arrested. One of the arrested men was later released while the others are still detained for further
questioning.
Officer Administering the Government
Sent 0700Z 27 August
Recd 02452 27 August
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Overseas Labour Adviser
Overseas Police Adviser
RECEIVED IN ARCHIVES No. 63
29 AUG1967
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