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IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (D.T.D.)
TELNO 1596
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30 OCTOBER, 1967
ADDRESSED TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NO.1596 OF 30 OCTOBER REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO POLAD SINGAPORE, WASHINGTON, PEKING AND
CANBERRA. MAN KAM TO.
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AT 1430 AN UNARMED CROWD WITH BANNERS FORMED UP ABOUT 200 YARDS
SIDE. AN HOUR LATER IT WAS FROM THE BRIDGE ON THE C.T.
ABOUT 500 STRONG (PROBABLY INCLUDING SOME MILITIA.) AND. THERE WAS A BROADCAST OF PROTEST AGAINST THE BRIDGE BEING CLOSED.
AT 1600 A GROUP OF ABOUT 70 CINCLUDING SOME MILITIA) WAS ALLOWED
ON TO THE BRIDGE BY THE C.C.A. WHOSE NORMAL GUARD HAD BEEN INCREASED. THEY THREW STONES AT THE BARRIER AND THEN TRIED TO PULL IT DOWN.
TEAR GAS WAS USED WITHOUT EFFECT, SO A PHOSPHOROUS GRENADE
THE C C A WAS THROWN, THE REPLY TO WHICH WAS A STICK GRENADE. THEN CLEARED THE BRIDGE BUT DID NOT PREVENT SMALL GROUPS RUNNING
FORWARD TO TRY TO DAMAGE THE BARRIER.
OUR TROOPS USED FOUR MORE
PHOSPHOROUS GRENADES AND TWO MORE STICK GRENADES WERE THROWN
THERE WAS
BY THE OPPOSITION, SLIGHTY WOUNDING ONE OF OUR MEN. THEN A LULL DURING WHICH WE BROADCAST A WARNING THAT THE NEXT
GRENADE THROWER WOULD BE SHOT.
2.
AT 1650 AND 1718, THERE WERE C.T. BROADCASTS COMPLAINING
THAT WE WERE CAUSING THE TROUBLE AND THAT ALTHOUGH WE CLAIMED TO BE INTERESTED IN NEGOTIATIONS, OUR ACTIONS DID NOT MATCH OUR WORDS WE REPLIED THAT WE HAD OFFERED TO ARRANGE DISCUSSIONS
WITHOUT RESPONSE AND WERE STILL WILLING TO TALK.
MEETING AT LOWU WAS PROPOSED.
AN IMMEDIATE
RECEIVED IN ARCHIVES No. 63)
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