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Leference: CC(67) 53rd Conclusions, Minute 2)
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS said that the security situation in Hong Kong was under firm control. The communists were now turning to bornb outrages and in the fortnight before 4th September there had been 700 reports of bombs of which 100 were genuine.
This put a heavy strain on the bomb disposal units; and proposals had been made for stern action against people found carrying bombs. So-called "mosquito broadsheets" (containing threats of death against leading personalities one of whom had since been killed) had also recently appeared; and some of them were being produced in premises owned by Chinese Government enterprises. Thought was being given to action to deal with these new threats having regard to possible repercussions on the British staff of the Office of the Charge d'Affaires in Peking, The Ghurka troops had done excellent work in aiding the civil power: but this was one of the factors leading to further Chinese pressure in Nepal to stop recruitment.