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HONG KONG TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (D.T.D.)
legram No 1730
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22 November, 1967
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For Peking.
Weekly Assessment 13
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20 November.
Principal featurës :-
(a) 48 genuine and 255 hoax bombs reported of which seven exploded. During one incident seven bombs were thrown into a compound of a police station, three exploding; Gurkha broadcasting centre in N.T. was damaged by a bomb placed against a wall.
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(b) Minor brief demonstrations both in the streets and Magistrates Courts.
(c) Two minor border incidents and the replacement shunting engine sent by us to Shumchun has been plastered with subversive slogans,
(a) Communist Press propaganda has mainly been in support of students, urging Opposition to "Slavish Education System" criticising court cases against students and publicising protest meetings in schools.
2. Police counter-action continued mainly against bomb planters and manufacturers, a number of whom were arrested. Two more members of the Standing Committee of the ACAPS C were arrested bringing to five the number from this Committee in police or prison custody.
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Communist attempts to improve morale in Unions continue. At one Union meeting it was alleged that the British had asked Peking to negotiate over Hong Kong, thus indicating a weakening of attitude. It was stated that, if these negotiations broke down, the ACA PSC planned to launch a Colony-wide attack, including demonstrations and violence, aimed at forcing the British to surrender and admit guilt.
4. Increased political activity has continued in Communist schools. Students have given political stage performances and described "police ill treatment" at Union meetings. Government suppression has been denounced and the "Seventeen Principles" of educational reform issued by the education circles APSC have been extolled in school meetings attended by pupils, teachers and parents.
5. The claim made at a Union meeting concerning "negotiations" between Britain and Peking may be no more than a morale booster for the activists in this Union. However, it could be an attempt by the militants in the Communist camp to force the pace, and any alleged "failure of negotiations" could be used by them as an excuse to expand street violence at any time in
the future.
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