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CYPHER
HWG66
12D
Rein
FOD
CYPHER/CAT A
IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 914
TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
27 DEC 1967
SECRET ADDRESSED PEKING TELEGRAM 678 OF 27 DECEMBER.
FOLLOWING FROM LIC.
WEEKLY ASSESSMENT AS AT 25 0600.
MAIN EVENTS:-
RECEIVED IN
ARCHIVES Nɔ. 63
28 DEC1Y67
HWBI/17
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(A) A MARKED REDUCTION IN BOMB REPORTS (14 HOAX AND 8 GENUINE BUT NO
EXPLOSIONS).
(B) TWO MINOR STONING INCIDENTS ON THE BORDER, THE FIRST OF WHICH
LASTED ONE HOUR AND RESULTED IN A TEMPORARY HALT ON WORK ON THE
PRIMARY FENCE.
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(C) PRESS CAMPAIGN ON SALINITY AND DEVALUATION HAS TONED DOWN
SLIGHTLY. CONSIDERABLE PUBLICITY WAS GIVEN TO LARGE UNION MEETINGS
EMPHASISING THE NEED FOR WAGE INCREASES. ALLEGATION OF ILL TREATMENT.
OF COMMUNISTS IN PRISON AND CRITICISMS OF SQUATTER CLEARANCE WERE
ALSO GIVEN PROMINENCE FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR SEVERAL WEEKS.
(D) FURTHER MEETINGS OF MEMBERS OF COMMUNIST ORGANISATIONS PARTIC-
ULARLY UNIONS, TO PROPAGATE MAO'S THOUGHTS AND CRITICISE GOVERNMENT
ON THE SAME LINES AS THE PRESS. AT ONE LARGE MEETING, UNEMPLOYED
UNION MEMBERS WERE INSTRUCTED TO VISIT THE HOMES OF EMPLOYED WORKERS
AND ENCOURAGE DEMANDS FOR WAGE INCREASES.
(E) POLICE DISCOVERED A BIVOUAC IN N.T. AND SEIZED A NUMBER OF
GELIGNITE BOMBS, DETONATORS, SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION AND A SMALL
PRINTING PRESS.
2. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNIST PRESS HAVE AGREED TO GIVE
PROMINENCE TO MAO'S THOUGHTS AND ITEMS OF INTEREST TO THE MIDDLE AND
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