CONFIDENTIAL
INWARD TELEGRAM
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TO THE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
(The Secretary of State)
FROM HONG KONG (0.A.G.)
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My telegram No. 1049.
SITREP as at 18 1200,
Isolated outbreaks of violence continued on Sunday 16 July and to a lesser extent on Monday 17 July. One man was killed and the dead body of another found. The threatened strike by members of the Hong Kong Seamen's Union (H.K.SU.) has not so far made much progress. Intensified intimidation is reported among some groups of dock workers. The police carried out three successful raids on Union premises on Sunday (my telegram No. 1054 refers) and one minor one on Monday. Pro Communist newspapers on 15 July virtually called for an armed insurrection. On Friday night, the police arrested four leading Communist supporters after raids on their homes. them were well known local film stars. The proposed food stoppage appears to have been cancelled or postponed.
Sunday 16 July.
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A bomb exploded in Hong Kong and an unsuccessful attempt was made to set fire to the Wanchai post office. Crowds on two occasions in Wanchai forced the trams to suspend operations. Police in dispersing them on the second occasion had to open fire with Greener guns. One man was killed and two injured. In Kowloon, there were two attacks on vehicles. In Tsuen Wan, small crowds twice gathered but were quickly dispersed and an unsuccessful attack was made on a vehicle. The body of a man, believed to have been wounded in the disturbance on Saturday night, was found on a roof top. Five people were arrested.
3. Monday 17 July was comparatively quietio Crowds again interfered with trams in Wanchai. An explosion in the tram
depot damaged two trams. Police raided the Dairy Farm Employees Union premises and removed posters and slogans from outside a large CPG store without incident. There were three other incidents involving explosives without damage or casualties.
4. The H.K.S.U. called upon its members to go on strike on 17 July, to refuse to handle imports and exports to and from
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