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PLEASE PASS FOLLOWING IMMEDIATE TELEGRAO IN CATEGORY +A+ CYPHER TO:-
GOVERNOR HONG KONG.
Q-0316357.
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TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG
2029 3/10
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DATED 3RD OCTOBER 1967.
FOR SECRETARY LIC(HK)
THE FOLLOWING IS CHINA ITEM FROM THE DRAFT WEEKLY SURVEY OF
INTELLIGENCE DATED 3.10.67.
CHINA (CONFIDENTIAL)
1. NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATIONS IN PEKING WERE ON A SMALLER
SCALE AND MORE MUTED IN TONE THAN LAST YEAR. THE SPEECHES AND EDITORIALS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NATIONAL DAY CONFIRMED THE TREND, APPARENT SINCE EARLY SEPTEMBER, TOWARDS A SLACKENING IN PACE OF THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION AND A DRIVE TOWARDS GREATER UNITY AND DISCIPLINE. ALTHOUGH REFERENCES WRE STILL MADE TO THE NEED TO OVERTHROW THE +HANDFUL IN AUTHORITY+ THE TENDENCY WAS TO SUGGEST THAT VICTORY HAD ALREADY BEEN ACHIEVED IN THE CAMPAIGN. THERE HAVE, HOWEVER, BEEN OTHER OCCASIONS WHEN THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN PUT INTO LOW GEAR AND IT IS TOO EARLY YET TO
SAY WHETHER THE PRESENT PHASE IS TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT.
2. IN SO FAR AS SPEECHES AND EDITORIALS REFERRED TO QUESTIONS OF
FOREIGN POLICY THEY MAINTAINED THE SAME STRONGLY ANTI-SOVIET LINE
AS USUAL. THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF A CHANGE OF POLICY OVER
VIETNAM AND, SIGNIFICANTLY, NO MENTION WHATSOEVER OF HONG KONG.
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