COPY FOR ROOSTNATION
CONFIDENTIAL
INWARD TELEGRAM
TO THE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
(The Secretary of State)
FROM HONG KONG (0.A.G.)
Cypher
D. 25 July 1967 R. 25
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IMMEDIATE
CONFIDENTIAL
No.1109
552
JUL
4.
1967
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Addressed to Commonwealth Office
Repeated to:
Peking No.447
POLAD Singapore No.266 Washington No.238
Canberra No.67
(Please pass PRIORITY to all)
Sitrep as at 25 1600.
The Colony has remained generally quiet although sporadic bomb and incendiary attacks have occurred. On the border stone throwing at police, immigration officials and troops has continued despite intervention from time to time by C.C.A. guards. Police raids on Communist premises have recovered more documents and improvised arms and a number of people have been arrested including one senior Communist official, The Seamen's Union strike has still not had any significant effect on shipping (my telegram No.1105 refers). There are reports that there is to be another payment from Communist funds to those dismissed after recent strikes. There has been no rail traffic from Canton to Shum Chun since
17A21) 23 July. (My telegram No.1107 refers.)
2. There have been two or three bonbing attacks a day for the last four days, none causing any casualties or major damage. Police stations and army married quarters and billets have been the main targets, though there have been two explosions, one in a lavatory and another at the entrance to a subway, which could have been designed to cause civilian casualties. Two bomb throwers have been injured and arrested. Incendiary attacks, sometimes with home made bombs, have continued with slightly more success, main targets being taxis and buses.
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Stoning of Security Forces on the border both by children and adults who advance into British territory for the purpose, has continued. C.C.A. guards on at least two occasions have ordered the demonstrators away, but the possibility of an incident, which could have repercussions, increases as the Chinese become more arrogant and our forces more irritated.
4. Police raids have continued without resistance but with decreasing dividends. However, one prominent Communist leader has been arrested and also one trouble maker from Kowloon City who jumped his bail in early May. Improvised weapons and gas masks in considerable numbers have been recovered as well as a great deal of propaganda material and some documents. A school raided o 24 July produced the largest single haul of subversive leaflets etc. and had obviously been used as a distribution point. RECEIVED IN
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