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En Clair
HONG KONG TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (D.T.D.)
Telno. U/N
520
2 October 1967
Hw
UNCLASSIFIED
PRESS
20730 Attention Glover SITREP. At West Point on Hong Kong Island peace was disturbed briefly shortly after dark yesterday following fireworks being let off in harbour near this point in an attempt to buy cheap publicity by violating the ban imposed by Government. At about eight o'clock last Sunday night a crowd of about fifteen hundred (repeat fifteen hundred) threw bottles and rattan baskets at the police who were sent there to disperse them. A man from among this crowd was killed by carbine shots when police were forced to open fire. Altogether police fired two carbine shots, three revolver shots, four baton shells and five gas grenades. Six people including two women from this crowd were arrested.
At one time a Lighter tied up to a wharf nearby broadcast to crowd. It stopped broadcasting when it was warned by marine police who went there in eight marine police launches and in a fire float.
About two hours later police arrested another seventy six (repeat seventy six) people including five (repeat five) women in a subsequent crowd of about three hundred (repeat three hundred) who appeared in same area. One police corporal was slightly injured in face when he was attacked by the crowd with a hard object. One of the arrested men was detained in hospital for treatment of injuries which he received when he struggled with police who arrested him. Police fired a total of twelve (repeat twelve) baton shells to disperse this crowd. Peace returned to this area after the crowd was dispersed at about quarter to eleven o'clock last night.
Apart from the above incidents yesterday passed peacefully.
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RECEIVED IN ARCHIVES M - 63 - 2 OCTive.
HWA 1/12