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(C) FURTHER APPROACHES BY COMMUNIST UNIONS FOR REINSTATEMENT OF 'STRIKERS' TO SEVEN PRIVATE COMPANIES. ON THE 26TH AND 27TH APRIL FOURTEEN SMALL GROUPS FROM THE MOTOR TRANSPORT WORKERS' UNION VISITED THE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY PREMISES TO SEEK REEMPLOYMENT. ALL WERE ORDERLY. (SEE PARAGRAPH (A) TELEGRAM 506).
(D) CONTINUED COMMUNIST PICNIC PARTIES ON A REDUCED SCALE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
(E) THE PAYMENT OF REGULAR MONTHLY 'STRIKE ALLOWANCE' TO MEMBERS OF COMMUNIST UNIONS.
(F) A STATEMENT ISSUED ON THE 26TH APRIL BY THE ALL TRADES WORKERS' ANTI PERSECUTION STRUGGLE COMMITTEE IN SUPPORT OF THE 'RETURN TO WORK! POLICY AND CRITICISING GOVERNMENT FOR 'UNWARRANTED INTERVENT- ION', IN PARTICULAR FOR ALLOWING THE FORMATION OF NEW 'PUPPET' CRIGHT-WING) UNIONS.
(G) ADVANCE CELEBRATIONS OF LABOUR DAY BY COMMUNIST TRADE UNIONS STARTING ON 26TH APRIL. THE CORRECTNESS OF THE RETURN TO WORK POLICY AND GLORIFICATION OF MAO'S THOUGHTS WERE MAIN THEMES OF SPEECHES. BELATED PREPARATIONS BY COMMUNIST ORGANISATIONS INDICATE SCALE OF CELEBRATIONS WILL BE SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR. RIGHT WING UNION FUNCTIONS WILL ALSO BE SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS YEARS, AND MAIN THEME WILL BE CRITICISM OF CONDITIONS IN CHINA.
(H) PROPAGANDA IN THE COMMUNIST PRESS WHICH REITERATED SUPPORT FOR THE NEGRO 'STRUGGLE' IN THE U.S.A., CRITICISED THE PRESENCE OF AMERICAN WARSHIPS IN HONG KONG, THE ILL-TREATMENT OF PRISONERS AND ACCLAIMED THE SUCCESS OF THE CANTON TRADE FAIR.
(I) CONTINUED, CALM OF THE BORDER. CHINESE TRAVELLERS ENTERING CHINA AT LO WU ARE NOW REQUIRED BY COMMUNIST OFFICIALS TO CHANT QUOTATIONS FROM MAO'S THOUGHTS AND ANTI-BRITISH/UNITED STATES SLOGANS BEFORE CROSSING THE BORDER.
(J) SOME INCREASE IN ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: A TOTAL OF 69 WERE ARRES- TED DURING THE WEEK ENTERING THE COLONY BY SEA, BRINGING THE TOTAL SO FAR THIS MONTH TO 126.
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