SECRET
HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO. 153 TO COMMONWEALTH OFICE
CHINGUL
O/ TO ENTERTAIN THE FAMILIES OF "MATYRS' DURING THE CHINCOK NEW
YEAR HOLIDAYS. EXHIBITIONS, GENERALLY WELL ATTE
OP MAO'S
WORKS CONTINUE TO BE HELD AT VARIOUS PREMISES INCLUDING THE LEADING COMMUNIST CONTROLLED SCHOOLS.
(D) CONTINUED ANTI-BRITISH PROPAGANDA IN THE LOCAL COMMUNIST PRESS. THE DONATION OF RICE AND CLOTHING FROM KUAN TUNG HAS BECOME A MAJOR THEME AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN ATTACKED FOR ATTEMPTING TO TURN THE DONATION INTO A 'COMMERCIAL
TRANSACTION',
ARTICLES AND REPORTS ON DEVALUATION AND SALINITY
CONTINUE TO BE PUBLISHED. THE SUCCESSFUL APPEAL BY THREE POLICE OFFICERS AGAINST CONVICTION FOR MANSLAUGHTER WAS DENOUNCED AS
A 'LEGAL TRICK'.
(E)
ON 31ST CONTINUED MINOR INCIDENTS IN THE BORDER AREA.
JANUARY, AT SHA TAU KOK, 4 CROWD OF 90 CHILDREN AND 10 ADULTS
IN CHINESE TERRITORY (C.T.) THREW FIREWORKS. AND STONES AT THE POLICE POST IN BRITISH TERRITORY (B.T.). THE PLA DID NOTHING. TO PREVENT THE INCIDENT BUT THE CROWD DISPERSED AFTER ABOUT TWO HOURS WITHOUT HAVING CAUSED INJURY OR DAMAGE. ON 1ST FEBRUARY,
A POLICE MOBILE PATROL WAS TEMPORARILY OBSTRUCTED BY A PILE
OF RUBBISH ON THE ROAD JUST INSIDE B.T. AT SHA TAA KOK AND
CHILDREN IN C.T. THREW STONES AND FIREWORKS AT THE VEHICLE.
NO INJURY OR DAMAGE WAS CAUSED,
(F) THE DEPARTURE FOR CHINA ON 2ND AND 3RD OF FEBRUARY OF A NUMBER
OF LEADING LOCAL COMMUNIST OFFICIALS, INCLUDING THE COMMANDER
OF THE HONG KONG OFFICE OF THE NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY CN.C.N.A.).
2. AFTER A NOLLE PROSEQUI WAS ENTERED AGAINST HIM ON A CHARGE
OF CONSPIRACY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMUNIST CONTROLLED STONE
WORKERS UNION WAS REARRESTED AND DETAINED UNDER THE DEPORTATION
OF ALIENS ORDINANCE ON 2ND FEBRUARY. THIS UNION OFFICIAL, WHO
WAS FIRST ARRESTED ON 11TH DECEMBER 1967, IS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN
SUPERVISING THE ACTIVITIES OF AT LEAST TWO COMMUNIST COMBAT
GROUPS' IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, ONE OF WHICH WAS RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE MURDER OF A POLICE CONSTABLE AND FOR THE EARLIER THEFT
OF A POLICE REVOLVER CTELEGRAM 1376 REFERS).
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