HONG KONG TO
COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (D.T.D.)
8 November 1967
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Addressed Commonwealth Office telegram No. 1664 of 8 November. Repeated for information to POLAD Singapore, Washington and Canberra.
Sitrep for period 020800 to 081200: Your telegram No.2238.
The figures
Bombs reported have remained at a high level. for the period are: 2/3, 141 reports (32 real): 3/4 81 (12): 4/5 87 (14): 5/6 188 (40): 6/7 82 (7): 7/8 51 (6): 80 per cent of the reports are hoax bombs. period were one killed abd 33 injured.
Casualties during the
2. 2 November was one of the worst days for bombs reported. Traffic was held up in many places during the morning and evening rush hours. A bomb disposal officer was injured. At the North Kowloon Magistracy there was a small disturbance and the Court had to be cleared when the schoolchildren arrested on the 1st appeared in Court and were remanded. In the evening, there were further small demonstrations at the China Merchants Wharf in the Western District of the Island and in Nathan Road, Kowloon, Two bombs were thrown into a Kowloon Police Station injuring four members of the public.
3.
On Friday 3rd a number of lorries bearing slogans urging the buying of Chinese products were driven through Hong Kong. In Kowloon two men were arrested in separate incidents for planting fake bombs. Two girls were arrested for painting inflammatory slogans
4. Saturday 4th was a fairly quiet day apart from a true bomb outside the Jockey Club. The Races passed off without incident. There were a number of Police raids but no arrests.
5. Sunday 5th was one of the worst days of the present campaign. In the morning in Kowloon six bomb planters were arrested, one seriously injured by the bomb he was carrying.
6.
At 1035 a Cathay Pacific Convair 880 aircraft crashed into the harbour on take off. Of 127 passengers one was killed and 21 detained in hospital.
7. In the evening in an attempt to disrupt the Grand Final Pageant of Hong Kong Week, bombs were planted on many roads on the Island and traffic was help up for several hours. At 1840 a small demonstration took place in the Wanchai District but dispersed when the Police fired two gas cartridges. In the same area four P.C.s were injured by a bomb thrown at their Landrover.
A further two policemen were injured by a bomb thrown by a man in Central District. At 2200 hours Senior Inspector Msewan was killed while moving a bomb from the tram track near the stadium. One policeman and 20 civilians (including boy scouts assisting the police) were injured in the same incident.
RECEIVED IN ARCHIVES No. 63
-9 NOV1967
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