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ADDRESSED CO TELEGRAM NO. 1017 OF 27TH AUGUST REPEATED PA SINGAPORE,
WASHINGTON, CANBERRA, AND SAVING TO PEKING.
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FOR COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AND CABINET OFFICE FORJIC. FOLLOWING FROM
LIC WEEKLY ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION AS AT 0000 HOURS 26TH
AUGUST 1968 FOLLOWS. THE PRINCIPAL FEATURES OF THE PERIOD HAVE BEEN:-
(A) DAILY ATTENDANCE AT THE PREMISES OF THE EX-CHUNG WAH SCHOOL
OF A SMALL NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND VISITS BY SMALL 'COMFORT'
GROUPS FROM LOCAL COMMUNIST CIRCLES. AT A MEETING ON 19TH AUGUST,
ATTENDED BY EX-CHUNG WAH TEACHERS, IT WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE HEAD
TEACHER THAT CLASSES WOULD RECOMMENCE ON 2ND SEPTEMBER EITHER
IN THE EXISTING PREMISES OR IN OTHER COMMUNIST SCHOOLS SEMICOLON
AT THE SAME MEETING IT WAS ALSO STATED THAT IF THE FORMER PREMISES
WERE NOT USED AS A SCHOOL THEY COULD BE USED AS A 'PROPAGANDA CENTRE'
OR A 'STUDENT RECREATION CLUB'. LOCAL COMMUNIST AGITATION ON THE
-DEREGISTRATION ISSUE CONTINUES TO BE RELATIVELY MILD, WITH FOUR
DELEGATIONS TO THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE CONTINUED DISCOVERY
OF A SMALL NUMBER OF SLOGANS AND LEAFLETS AT SEVERAL POINTS IN
THE COLONY, IT HAS CONTINUED TO BE A MAJOR THEME IN THE COMMUNIST
PRESS.
(B) A GROWING DISQUIET, SHARED BY EXECUTIVE COUNCILLORS', AT
THE INCREASING NUMBER OF COMMUNIST SCHOOLS APPLYING FOR, AND BEING GRANTED, REGISTRATION.
(C) THE RELEASE OF A FURTHER THREE PERSONS FROM EMERGENCY DETENTION
ON 20TH AUGUST (TELEGRAM 1010) SEMICOLON REACTION WAS LIMITED TO
A ROUTINE COVERAGE IN THE COMMUNIST PRESS ON THE FOLLOWING DAY
AND TO A WELL PUBLICISED RALLY AT THE F.T.U. WORKERS' CLUB ON
23RD AUGUST TO WELCOME THEM AND THREE OTHER DETAINEES FROM LABOUR 3) CIRCLES RELEASED EARLIER (SEE PARAGRAPH 1CB) OF TELEGRAM 1008
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AND PARAGRAPH 1(C) TELEGRAM 9172.
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