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FO/CAB 001/05
FOLLOWING IS SENT TO YOU FOR ONWARD TRANSMISSION PRIORITY
IN CATEGORY +A+ CYPTER TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG
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P 051820Z
FM JIC LONDON
TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG
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JICTEL 880
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Kan Tul 2481
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DATED 5TH DECEMBER 1967
FOR SECRETARY LIC(HK) FROM SECRETARY JIC
FOLLOWING IS ITEM FROM DRAFT WSI DATED 5/12/67
HONG KONG (SECRET)
1. BOMB INCIDENTS HAVE DECREASED. A COMMUNIST SCHOOL HAS BEEN CLOSED FOLLOWING CONFIRMATION THAT BOMBS WERE BEING MADE ON THE PREMISES. THE HEADMASTER, WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE ALL CIRCLES ANTI-PERSECUTION STRUGGLE COMMITTEE, HAS BEEN ARRESTED. FOUR OTHER · COMMUNIST SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN SEARCHED, RESULTING IN THE DISCOVERY OF A NUMBER OF HOAX BOMBS, A SMALL QUANTITY OF EXPLOSIVE POWDER AND IMITATION FIREARMS. THE COMMUNIST PRESS HAS REACTED BY CONDEMNING THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT FOR +FASCIST SUPPRESSION+, AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY VARIOUS ANTI-PERSECUTION STRUGGLE COMMITT- EES HAVE CALLED ON +PATRIOTIC+ STUDENTS AND WORKERS TO LAUNCH +PERSISTENT COUNTER-ATTACKS+ AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT. THIS PROPAG- ANDA MAY LEAD TO SOME RESURGENCE OF VIOLENCE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, CO-INCIDING WITH THE OPENING OF THE ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF HONG KONG PRODUCTS.
2. THE CLAIM BY THE LOCAL COMMUNIST PRESS THAT HONG KONG AUTHORITIES GAVE WAY TO CHINESE DEMANDS IN THE RECENT NEGOTIATIONS ON BORDER PROBLEMS IS PROBABLY PARTLY DESIGNED TO BOOST LOCAL COMMUNIST MORALE FOLLOWING THE ACTION TAKEN AGAINST COMMUNIST SCHOOLS. THERE HAS, HOWEVER, BEEN NO CRITICISM OF THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES IN THE RIGHT WING OR NEUTRAL PRESS, IN WHICH THE BORDER AGREEMENTS HAVE
BEEN WELCOMED.
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SENT AT 1955Z AV 5/12 KK
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