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CYPHER/CAT A
IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 415
2 APRIL 1968
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ADDRESSED CO TELEGRAM NO. 415 OF 2ND APRIL. REPEATED PEKING.
252.
HW
YESTERDAY MORNING A GROUP OF ABOUT 50 FARMERS CROSSED THE
BORDER AT LOWU AND CUT SLOGANS INTO THE HILLSIDE TO THE EAST
AND WEST OF LOWU STATION. ONE SLOGAN READ 'DOWN WITH BRITISH
IMPERIALISM'.
2. THIS MORNING A MESSAGE WAS PASSED THROUGH N.C.N.A. TO
SHUM CHUN BORDER AUTHORITIES ASKING THEM TO STOP ACTIVITIES OF
THIS KIND WHICH COULD ONLY MAKE DIFFICULTIES AND CREATE TENSION
ON THE BORDER.
3. THE SLOGANS WERE OBLITERATED UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS LAST
NIGHT.
FO PLEASE PASS IMMEDIATE PEKING AS MYTEL 145.
EK IRG
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SIR D. TRENCH
RECEIVED IN ARCTIVES No. 63
SAPR 1768
HWA 4/1
[REPETITION TO PEKING REFERRED FOR DEPARTMENTAL DECISION]
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