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INCLUDING YEUNG KUONG THE CHAIRMAN OF THE F T U AND THE ALL CIRCL
ANTI PERSECUTION STRUGGLE COMMITTEE WHO HAS BEEN HIDING SINCE JULY 1967. IN HIS SPEECH HE REAFFIRMED THE CURRENT COMMUNIST LINE,
CALLING FOR A CONTINUED ECONOMIC CULTURAL AND POLITICAL ANTI
BRITISH STRUGGLE.
(D) VISITS TO GOVERNMENT OFFICES BY THREE SMALL DELEGATIONS
REPRESENTING
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RESPECTIVELY A COMMUNIST CONTROLLED FILM COMPANY,
A SCHOOL AND A UNION OF UTILITY COMPANY EMPLOYEES. THE FIRST TWO
DELEGATIONS DEMANDED THE RELEASE OF COMMUNISTS HELD IN EMERGENCY
DETENTION AND THE THIRD PROTESTED OVER AN ATTEMPT TO FORM AN
INDEPENDENT UNION BY WORKERS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY THE COMPANY
CONCERNED.
(E) MOVES BY A GROUP OF FORMER MEMBERS OF A COMMUNIST WATER-
FRONT WORKERS' UNION TO FORM AN INDEPENDENT ORGANISATION. A
RIGHT WING STEVEDORES UNION HAS MADE PART OF ITS PREMISES
AVAILABLE FOR USE BY THIS GROUP.
(F) A MEETING OF THE STAFF OF THE COMMUNIST NEWSPAPER WEN WEI PAO
DURING WHICH THE GENERAL MANAGER STATED THAT, BECAUSE OF THE
APPROACH OF WARMER WEATHER, NO FURTHER DEMANDS WOULD BE MADE ON
GOVERNMENT TO DISTRIBUTE 'GIFT CLOTHES' TO COMMUNISTS IN PRISON BUT THAT 'NECESSARY STEPS' WOULD BE TAKEN TO PERSUADE GOVERNMENT
TO PERMIT THE IMPORTATION OF 'GIFT RICE' FREE OF ALL CONTROLS. HE ADDED THAT THE CURRENT TASK WAS TO ENCOURAGE 'STRIKERS' TO
RETURN TO WORK WHERE THEY COULD CARRY OUT THE 'STRUGGLE' MORE
SUCCESSFULLY.
(G) CONTINUED ANTI BRITISH PROPAGANDA IN THE COMMUNIST PRESS,
REPEATED THEMES BEING EMERGENCY DETENTION, THE ATTEMPTED DEPORT-
ATION OF THE TWO FILM STARS AND REMEMBRANCE OF THE 'MARTYRS'
DURING THE CHING MING FESTIVAL. PROMINENCE WAS GIVEN ALSO TO THE PUBLIC APPEARANCE OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FT U, CPARA (C) ABOVE)
THE CANTON SPRING FAIR SCHEDULED TO OPEN ON 15TH APRIL AND THE
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