HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO. 1537 TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (D.T.D)
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DURING THIS PERIOD ON HONG KONG ISLAND THERE WERE 117
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REPORTS AND 20 TRUE BOMBS.
MBS. A BOMB WAS THROWN INTO A POLICL
STATION. AT 152035. A MILITARY PATROL HAD A HOAX BOMB THROWN.AT
THEM FROM A BUILDING AND FIRED ONE ROUND AT THE THROWER:
AT 160100 AN RAOC WARRANT OFFICER
SEMI COLON NO ARRESTS WERE MADE..
WAS INJURED WHILE DI SPOSING OF A BOMB IN THE CENTRAL DI STRICT.
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IN KOWLOON THERE WERE 118 REPORTS AND 42 TRUE BOMBS.
AT 151900 A DEMONSTRATION OF ABOUT 250 PEOPLE IN SHAN SHUI
PO WAS DISPERSED BY THE POLICE WITH GAS AND BATON SHELLS.
AT 151920 IN THE YAUMATI AREA, A SMALL DEMONSTRATI ON WAVING BANNERS AND CHANTING SLOGANS WAS BROKEN UP AND 36 PERSONS
MAINLY DISMISSED GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT,' ARMED FORCES AND HOSPITAL WORKERS UNION WERE ARRESTED. AT 2030.
IN A RESETTLEMENT ESTATE A BOMB EXPLODED KILLING, THE HOLDER AND
INJURING TWO ACCOMPLICES. AT 2125 A CROWD OF ABOUT 300 IN THE
MA TAU KOK AREA OF KOWLOON WAS DISPERSED WITH BATON SHELLS,
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BETWEEN 160500 AND 170500 THERE WERE 193 BOMB REPORTS,
44 GENUINE. IN HONG KONG AT 0830 A PUPIL OF A COMMUNIST MIDDLE
SCHOOL WAS INJURED BY A BOMB HE HAD PLACED ON THE ROOF TOP OF
THE BLOCK IN WHICH HE LIVED WHICH ALSO HOUSES A COMMUNIST BANK.
LATER THE POLICE RÄIDED THE SCHOOL AND MADE ARRESTS. THROUGHOUT
THE DAY AND EVENING THERE WERE 18 TRUE BOMBS, MANY ON TRAM LINES,
OUT OF 113 REPORTS SEMICOLON ONE MAN WAS INJURED AND TWO CROWDS
DI SPERSED.
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IN KOWLOON A CROWD ASSAULTED THREE OFF-DUTY POLICE OFFICERS
WHO HAD ARRESTED A MAN FOR PAINTING SLOGANS. ONE OF THE
CONSTABLES WAS INJURED BY A CHOPPER AND THE MAN ESCAPED.
AT 1900 IN ARGYLE STREET, A RESIDENTIAL AREA, A CROWD CHANTING
AT 170200 AN SLOGANS WAS DISPERSED AND FOUR ARRESTS MADE.
EXPLOSION OCCURREDON A POLICE LAUNCH, ALONGSIDE THE PIER AT
CHEUNG CHAUCI∙SLAND). A NUMBER OF PERSONS ON THE PIER AT THE TIME
WERE DETAINED.