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PRIORITY HONG KONG
TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 751
12 JUNE 1968
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ADDRESSED CO TELEGRAM NO. 751 OF 12 JUNE REPEATED PEKING.
IT BECAME NECESSARY LAST NIGHT TO TAKE ACTION TO DISPERSE UNRULY
AND NOISY CROWDS CHANTING COMMUNIST SLOGANS IN THE SHAMSHUIPO
AREA. IN THE PROCESS 11 GAS SHELLS, ONE BATON SHELL AND ONE
CHEMICAL MACE WERE DISCHARGED SEMICOLON ONE MAN WAS INJURED.
2. COMMUNISTS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN HOLDING NOISY ASSEMBLIES IN A
PUBLIC PLAYGROUND IN THE SHAMSHUIPO AREA DURING THE EVENINGS,
AND THESE HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE OF COMPLAINTS FROM PERSONS IN THE
NEIGHBOURHOOD. THEY ALSO APPEARED TO BE INCREASING IN FREQUENCY
AND SCALE AND THERE WAS A GROWING RISK THAT IN THIS VERY CROWDED
AND ROUGH NEIGHBOURHOOD A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS BREACH OF THE PEACE
MIGHT RESULT. POLICE RECENTLY ISSUED A WARNING TO A UNION BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN SUCH GATHERINGS, AND ATTENTION WAS INVITED TO THEIR ILLEGAL NATURE AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE
PUBLIC ORDER ORDINANCE.
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RECRIVED IN ARCHIVES No. 63
1.2 JUN 1968
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