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THE COMMUNIST PRESS HAS AGAIN GIVEN IN FULL DETAILS OF
YESTERDAY'S WRITTEN PROTESTS AND EVENTS, CLAIMING ONCE MORE
THAT THE POLICE ACTION WAS DELIBERATELY AIMED AT DISRUPTING
PATRIOTIC CELEBRATIONS.
5. DECORATIONS ARE NOW BEING REMOVED FROM THE BANK OF CHINA
AND FROM OTHER COMMUNIST BUILDINGS.
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WITH THE REMOVAL OF DECORATIONS ON THE BANK OF CHINA IT IS
THOUGHT THAT THIS WHOLE AFFAIR WILL BE ALLOWED TO DIE AWAY. THE
FIRM CONTROL EXERCISED OVER POTENTIAL TROUBLE MAKERS YESTERDAY
DEMONSTRATES THE DETERMINATION AND ABILITY OF THE COMMUNIST
LEADERS TO ASSERT THEIR AUTHORITY AND MAKES IT UNLIKELY THAT
THERE WILL BE ANY MORE TROUBLE ON THE GROUND. IT IS PROBABLE
THAT AGITATION WILL CONTINUE IN THE COMMUNIST PRESS BUT THE COMP-
ARATIVELY MILD TONE OF THE PROTESTS INDICATES THIS WILL NOT
CONTINUE FOR LONG.
FO PLEASE PASS PEKING.
SIR D. TRENCH
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