HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO. 1817 TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
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MEETINGS, STRESS WAS LAID ON THE NEED TO STRENGTHEN CONTACT
BETWEEN PARENTS AND TEACHERS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS ARE NOT
WITHDRAWN FROM COMMUNIST SCHOOLS.
DO FURTHER 'STUDY GROUP'' MEETINGS AT A NUMBER OF COMMUNIST
UNIONS DURING WHICH GOVERNMENT WAS DENOUNCED FOR CAUSING UNEMPLOYMENT
SUPPRESSING ''PATRIOTIC'' SCHOOLS AND DEVALUING THE
LOCAL CURRENCY. ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE FOR THE PAYMENT OF DECEMBER
ง ง STRIKE' '' ALLOWANCE, BUT AT A NUMBER OF UNIONS THESE PAYMENTS
WERE SUSPENDED IN THE CASE OF MANY MEMBERS WHO HAVE TAKEN ALTERNATIVE
EMPLOYMENT AND/OR WHO HAVE FAILED TO ATTEND ''STUDY GROUP'' MEETINGS.
E) FURTHER MINOR INCIDENTS IN THE BORDER AREA. STONES WERE THROWN
AND CATAPULTED DAILY BY YOUTHS FROM CHINESE TERRITORY AT THE
MILITARY POST AT SHA TAU KOK, BRITISH TERRITORY BEGINNING ON 26TH
NOVEMBER WHEN BRITISH TROOPS FOR THE FIRST TIME TOOK OVER DUTIES
ON THE FRONTIER. A PARTY SURVEYING THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY FENCES
WAS ALSO STONED. IN ALL TWO SOLDIERS WERE SLIGHTLY INJURED. WORK
HAS BEEN SUSPENDED ON THE REMOVAL OF THE SECONDARY AND THE REPAIR
OF THE PRIMARY FENCES PENDING REPRESENTATIONS TO THE CHINESE
BORDER AUTHORITIES. IN THE MAN KAM TO AND LO WU AREAS THIS
WORK HAD EARLIER BEEN CARRIED OUT WITHOUT INCIDENT.
F) THE CONTINUED SUPPLY OF FOOD AND OTHER PRODUCE FROM CHINA BY
RAIL AND SEA. QUANTITIES OF LIVESTOCK AND MARKET PRODUCE HAVE
ENTERED THE COLONY BY ROAD SINCE THE RE-OPENING OF THE MAN KAM TO
BRIDGE ON 26TH NOVEMBER.
) CONTINUED ANTI-BRITISH PROPAGANDA IN THE COMMUNIST PRESS. THE
MAIN THEME HAS BEEN CONDEMNATION OF GOVERNMENT'S 'FASCIST
SUPPRESSION OF PATRIOTIC SCHOOLS IN GENERAL AND THE CLOSURE OF
THE CHUNG WAH MIDDLE SCHOOL IN PARTICULAR. STATEMENTS ON THIS
SUBJECT ISSUED BY VARIOUS ANTI PERSECUTION STRUGGLE COMMITTEES ·
CALLED ON 'PATRIOTIC' STUDENTS AND WORKERS TO LAUNCH 'PERSISTENT
COUNTER-ATTACKS' AGAINST GÖVERNMENT. DEVALUATION HAS CONTINUED
TO BE ATTACKED, AND SINCE 29TH NOVEMBER EMPHASIS HAS BEEN PLACED
ALSO ON THE BORDER NEGOTIATIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN HAILED AS A
'VICTORY', AND AN INDICATION OF FULL SUPPORT FROM THE CPG FOR
THE LOCAL 'STRUGGLE'.
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