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(b) The suspension of action on arrest lists

of leading communists who were involved

in subversive activities;

(c) Withdrawal of arrest warrants for

communists wanted for criminal offences,

except in relation to serious and

violent cases;

(a) The indefinite deferment of civil action

(libel suit) by Government servants

against communist newspapers;

(e) Restriction to token enforcement of the

13 conditions which were specially brought

to the attention of communist schools in

August, 1967, by Government;

(f) The remittance of caning sentences on

students imposed on conviction for

sericus offences;

(g) Withdrawal of a deregistration notice

served on the communist controlled Taikoo

Dockyard Chinese Workers' Union upon this body guaranteeing to stay within the law

in future;

(h) A general amnesty in respect of arms,

ammunition and explosives from 15th to 28th January, 1968;

(i) The gradual withdrawal, since May, 1968,

of British Military personnel from forward

positions on the Border.

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