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Hong Kong telegram No. 1509 to Commonwealth Office
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incidents were credited to local "fighting units". fishermen's "strike" was also given wide coverage. have been made on the Hong Kong Government for permitting the coming "double tenth" celebrations, it being claime that this is part of a "two Chinas policy" plot.
(e) Continued improvement in the quantity of food and other supplies entering the Colony from China. The express passenger train service between Canton and Shum Chun has been maintained.
(f) The continued comparative calm of the border area. However, on 7 October an unarmed, off-duty police constable who was near the border at Sha Tau Kok was abducted and taken into Chinese territory (C.T.) where he was held until the following evening before being released. The Constable claims he was mistaken for a detective. On 7 October, two Nationalist (Kuomintang) flags found near the railway line close to the police post at Lo Wu were the subject of a mild protest by a representative of the China Travel Service (C.T.S.) (telegram 1502 refers).
2. Police action against Communist premises and organisations which halted on 30 September, was resumed on a reduced scale on 2 October. The customary seizure of crude weapons and inflammatory material resulted and a number of related arrests were made. A senior covert official in Communist labour circles, who is also the wife of the Secretary General of the Federation of Trade Unions, was arrested on 2 October and detained under the Deportation of Aliens' Ordinance.
3. A further inspection of a Communist controlled school was carried out without incident. Apart from evidence of the propagation of Mao's thoughts, no irregularities came to notice, although the attitude of the school officials was more hostile than in other recent inspections.
4. There has been a resurgence of minor labour disputes during the week, including one affecting cleaners at the airport who refused to clean aircraft until private security guards recently employed by a private maintenance company were removed, and another in which about one third of the workers in a textile factory staged a token strike in support of demands for increased pay, and improved working conditions. There is no evidence so far of any Communist involvement in these disputes, but the management of the textile factory has blamed "Communist agitators" which will no doubt be common in future and one which could be exploited by the Communists if managements adopt an unreasonable attitude.
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5. The CCA has continued to impose strict control in the border area to prevent illegal escapees crossing into Hong Kong and no illegal immigrants have been arrested
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