Cypher
CONFIDENTIAL
INWARD TELEGRAM
TO THE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
(The Secretary of State)
FROM HONG KONG (0.A.G.)
D. 20 July, 1967. R. 20
PRIORITY
CONFIDENTIAL
No. 1077
0940Z
Addressed to Commonwealth Office.
Repeated
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Peking, No. 429
(S. of S. please pass).
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Following for J.I.R.D. from Wilford.
Two recent events seem to merit your attention:-
In full view the Bank of China are engaged in erecting what appear to be defences against a helicopter landing on their roof. These take the form of heavy guage steel wire rope joined together by a web of barbed wire, the whole supported on steel stanchions. The story has been widely splashed in the local press here and seems worthy of a little ridicule. I suggest that it should be described as defences against ghosts and monsters not against helicopters,
Despite support from the Seamen's Union of China for the Hong Kong Seamen's Union strike called on 17 July, (N.C.N.A. 071824) one of the ships which sailed from Hong Kong on 19 July was the C.P.G. ship "NAN HAI 133" which discharged her cargo on 18 July and sailed yesterday from Whampoa. Local press has carried these details, As you will know so far the strike has had extremely little success, It is interesting to see the C.P. G. in the role of strike-breaker.
(Passed as requested)
(Advance copies passed to Commonwealth Secretary,
Messrs. de la Mare, Wilson, Bolland and Denson, and Mr. Glover News Dept.)
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