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IMEEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 2000
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TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
16 OCTOBER 1966
ADDRESSED COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AS MY TELEGRAM NO, 2092 DATED 16TH
CCTOBER REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO PERING AND POLAŬ SINGAPORE,
MY TELEGRAM NO. 2091.
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APART FROM CREY, THE FOLLOWING PATTERS WERE DISCUSSED AT THE
MEETINGS ON 28TH SEPTEMBER AND 14TH OCTOBER.
CAD CITY DISTRICT OFFICES, CONTACT REPORTED GRAVE CONCERN AMONGST
THE LOCAL COMMUNISTS ABOUT THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICER SCHERE, WHICH
THEY REGARDED AS A FIRST STEP TOWARDS THE INTRODUCTION OF INTERNAL
SELF GOVERNMENT, CATER WAS ABLE TO EXPLAIN THAT THERE WAS NO FOUND-
ATION TO THIS SUSPICION.
CBD CCTOBER 1ST. CONTACT SAID THAT THE LOCAL COMMUNIST LEADERSHIP
MAD BEEN REPRIMANDED BY PEKINGFOR LETTING THE DEMONSTRATIONS CUTSIDE
THE BANK OF CHINA GET TO THE POINT WHERE THE POLICE HAD TO INTERVENE.
NE SAID THAT THE POLICE ACTION HAD HELPED PEKING VERY MUCH.
(0) CCTOBER 10TH, CONTACT SAID THAT COME LOCAL COMMUNISTS HAD BEEN
PLANNING A CLASH WITH THE NATIONALISTS, BUT STRICT INSTRUCTIONS
HAD DE N RECEIVED FROM PEKING THAT IN NO CIRCUMSTANCES WERE THE
COMMUNISTS TO MAKE TROUBLE ON THE DOUBLE TENTH,
CDO CHIMA TRADE DEVELOPMENT GROUP, CONTACT THOUGHT IT WOULD DE
ADVANTAGEOUS TO HONG KONG AND CHINA IF A CHINA TRADE DEVELOPMENT
GROUP WERE FORMED OSTENDISLY TO PROMOTE TRADE BUT IN PRACTICE TO BE
USED FOR OTHER PUPPOSES, IF, FOR EXAMPLE, LOGAL COMMUNISTS WERE ABOUT
TO DO SOMETHING IN WONG KONG WHICH COULD DAMAGE HONG KONG'S INTERESTS
THE GROUP MIGHT COMMENT AND EMPHASISE THE POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO CHINA'S
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