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En Clair
IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (D.T.D.)❤
Telno. 1516 11 October, 1967.
UNCLASSIFIED
532
Addressed to Commonwealth Office telegram No. 1516
of 11 October. Repeated for information to POLAD Singapore, Washington and Canberra.
วา
Sitrep for period 060800 to 110800. My telegram 1496.
There has been an increase in bomb activities during this period. On 6 and 7 October only one real bomb was found out of a total of 42 reports, but during Sunday 8th, there were 108 reports of which 19 were genuine. Incidents took place in Wanchai district of Hong Kong Island where on two occasions bombs were thrown at police/military investigation parties injuring one Army sergeant, 110 police (including an inspector and a sergeant) and four civilians. Further, bombs were found in Kowloon where a small crowd had to be dispersed with gas and baton shells.
2. On 9th there were 80 bomb reports of which 17 were genuine. During the evening, in a bomb throwing incident in Kowloon, a man, thought to be a bomb thrower, was seriously injured and died in hospital. On 10th there were two genuine bombs out of a total of 49 reported. The Communist Press described all these bombs and incidents as response to the All Circles Struggle Committee call for action.
3. The "double tenth" celebration passed off without serious incident. Functions were well attended and compared to 1966 there was a decrease in the number of nationalist flags
Several displayed, although an increase in the new territories. large K.M.T. posters denouncing the Communists were removed from public areas in Kowloon. A group of Communist students were assaulted by a crowd in Rennies Mill Village (a strong nationalist area) when they attempted to remove nationalist flags.
Since
4. An off duty police constable was abducted at Sha Tau Kok on 7th October but was returned on 8th. 7th October a number of cattle with anti-British slogans painted
On on them have been driven over the bridge at Man Kam To. 8th October a small demonstration occurred at Man Kam To and on 9th three food lorries crossed over with inflammatory posters on them, two proceeded with the posters removed and the third returned to China.
5. During the period the police have conducted a number of selective raids, seizing quantities of inflammatory doquments, crude or imitation weapons.
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