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IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1983
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TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
16 SEPTEMBER 1968
ADDRESSED CO TELEGRAM NO. 1083 OF 16TH SEPTEMBER REPEATED PA SINGAPORE, WASHINGTON AND CANBERRA AND SAVING TO PEKING.
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FOR COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AND CABINET OFFICE FOR JIC. FOLLOWING FROM
LIC WEEKLY ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION AS AT 0690 HOURS 16TH
BEPTEMBER 1968 FOLLOWS. THE PRINCIPAL FEATURES OF THE PERIOD
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(A) A WARNING TO CLOSE TO A NEW BRANCH COMMUNIST SCHOOL WHICH WAS REFUSED REGISTRATION AS IT IS HOUSED IN PREMISES CONSIDERED A FIRE RISK (PARAGRAPH 1(B) OF TELEGRAM 1065). HOWEVER, THE LICENSEE OF THE DANGEROUS GOODS STORE CONSTITUTING THE FIRE HAZARD HAS REQUESTED THAT HIS LICENSE BE REVOKED FOLLOWING REPRESENTATIONS TO HIM BY THE SCHOOL AUTHORITIES. IT APPEARS LIKELY THAT THE SCHOOL
PREMISES WILL BE REGISTRABLE. AN UNREGISTERED BRANCH SCHOOL IN THE
NEW TERRITORIES HAS BEEN WARNED TO APPLY FOR REGISTRATION. OF THE 25 NEW SCHOOLS OR NEW BRANCHES PLANNED BY THE COMMUNISTS THIS YEAR 21 ARE OPEN CATERING FOR, ON INITIAL ESTIMATES, SOME 7,289 STUDENTS (TELEGRAM 1870). THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN COMMUNIST SCHOOLS TO AROUND 27,500 OR 2.4 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL STUDENT POPULATION, AN INCREASE OF 8.5 PERCENT OVER LAST YEAR.
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AN EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND CARTOONS DEPICTING 'FASCIST PERSECUTION OF PATRIOTIC EDUCATION AT THE EX-CHUNG WAH SCHOOL PREMISES. ADMISSION IS BY INVITATION ONLY, AND INCLUDES A TOUR OF THE BUILDING TO VIEW DAMAGE ALLEGEDLY
CAUSED BY POLICE WHEN SEARCHING THE BUILDING, THE DEREGISTRATION ISSUE HAS BEEN ABANDONED ALMOST COMPLETELY BY THE COMMUNIST PRESS. (C) CONTINUING WELL PUBLICISED PREPARATIONS FOR THE C.P.G. NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATIONS WHICH COMMENCE ON 16TH SEPTEMBER AND, FOR THE FIRST TIME, CONTINUE UNTIL MID-OCTOBER. THERE HAS BEEN NO
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