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PRIORITY COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TO HONG KONG (DTD)
TELNO 1927
19 SEPTEMBER 1967 (H.K. & W.I.D.)
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FOR RIVETT-CARNAC FROM WILSON.
TIMES REPORT OF 18 SEPTEMBER REFERRED TO AN ARTICLE IN A HONG KONG COMMUNIST NEWSPAPER, CHING PO, CRITICAL OF THE CPG'S FAILURE TO GIVE CONCRETE BACKING TO THE COMMUNIST CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. THE TIMES ARTICLE WENT ON TO REPORT THAT LEADING COMMUNISTS IN HONG KONG SAID THAT THE ARTICLE HAD BEEN WRITTEN BECAUSE THE CPG HAD NOT GIVEN ANY MONEY TO THE STRUGGLE COMMITTEE STRIKE FUND LAST MONTH.
2. GRATEFUL FOR THE TEXT OF THE ARTICLE AND ANY FURTHER INFORMATION FOR PUBLICITY PURPOSES.
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