Cypher/Cat A
CONFIDENTIAL
IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
no 1585
25 October, 1967
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Addressed to 0.0. telegram No. 1585 of 25 October.
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POLAD Singapore Washington Canberra.
Sitrep for period 200800 to 250800.
My immediately preceding telegram.
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The number of real bombs on 20 and 21 October followed by the very limited daily number thereafter did not achieve the spectacular 'send-off' for Lord Shepherd as predicted in the Communist Press. poor response may be attributed to low morale amongst the militant groups and the effect of continuing arrests.
2. The general trend in the Press during this period suggests that a wider-based campaign supporting industrial and social grievances may be adopted for the immediate future. This is a reversion to the line initiated during the 1 October celebrations.
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3. In the morning Communist Press of 25th prominence is given to a joint statement of the anti persecution Struggle Committees of the new territories made on 24 October denouncing the Hong Kong Government for suppression and persecution of compatriots. It contains six fighting slogans' and 'twenty five principles of the anti British struggle' (my HWAY/!
telegram No. 1580 refers). This may be the prelude to more disruptive attention being paid by the Communists to the New Territories in general and the Border Area in particular.
Foreign Office please pass Priority Washington No. 337 and
Canberra No. 125.
Sir D. Trench
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