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HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO.1594 TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
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(C) A JOINT STATEMENT ISSUED. ON 22 OCTOBER BY SIX UNION ANTI-
PERSECUTION STRUGGLE COMMITTEES (A.P.S.C
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S) CALLING FOR
A 'DOLLAR CAMPAIGN' TO RAISE FUNDS AS A COUNTER TO UNEMPLOYMENT
AND STARVATION ALLEGEDLY CAUSED BY THE GOVERNMENT'S SUPPRESSION
OF WORKERS. THIS CAMPAIGN HAS SINCE RECEIVED THE SUPPORT OF THE ALL CIRCLES ANTI-PERSECUTION STRUGGLE COMMITTEE AND MANY
LOCAL COMMUNIST ORGANISATIONS.
(D) THE PUBLICATION OF A JOINT STATEMENT BY VARIOUS .A.P.S.C.S
IN THE NEW TERRITORIES LISTING SIX SLOGANS AND 25 PRINCIPLES
OF THE ANTI-BRITISH VIOLENCE STRUGGLE'' MYTEL 580).
(E) A PRESS CONFERENCE FOR LOCAL REPORTERS AND SELECTED FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS HELD ON 23 OCTOBER BY FAI YI MAN, MANACING DIRECTOR OF THE LEADING COMMUNIST NEEWSPAPER TA KUNG PAO, DURING WHICH HE CONDEMNED. GOVERNMENT FOR KILLING AND IMPRISONING COMMUNISTS AND CATALOGUED FACIST' ACTION AGAINST THE LOCAL COMMUNIST PRESS. RELATIVES OF PERSONS SERVING PRISON SENTENCES FOR CONFRONTATION OFFENCES ALSO DEMANDED THE RELEASE OF PRISONERS, THE CESSATION OF DEPORTATION PROCEEDINGS AND IMPROVED PRISON CONDITIONS.
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(F) THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A ''CHINA PRODUCTS FORTNIGHT WHICH
BEGAN ON 29 OCTOBER AND IS DIRECTED AT PROMOTING THE SALE OF
CHINESE FOOD AND CLOTHING IN THE COLONY. (THIS COINCIDES WITH:
THE PROMOTION OF HONG KONG WEEK' 'WHICH OPENS ON 30 OCTOBER).
(G) THE DEPARTURE ON A VISIT TO CHINA OF SENIOR COMMUNISTS
I LOCAL C.P.G. BANKING, COMMERCE, PUBLISHING, PRESS AND LABOUR SPHERES.
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