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DEMANDS CPARAGRAPH 1CA) OF TELEGRAM 9172. A NUMBER OF SLOGANS,
POSTERS, LEAFLETS AND BANNERS PROTESTING AGAINST THE PROPOSED DE-
-REGISTRATION APPEARED AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COLONY,
BEING PARTICULARLY WIDESPREAD ON ONE NIGHT IN KOWLOON. POLICE
SURPRISED ONE GROUP PAINTING SLOGANS IN HONG KONG ISLAND AND AFTER A
SCUFFLE, TWO MEN WERE ARRESTED. A SENIOR LOCAL COMMUNIST OFFICIAL
HAS DIRECTED HIS SUBORDINATES THAT WHILE A PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN
SHOULD BE MOUNTED THERE SHOULD BE NO VIOLENCE OVER THE ISSUE.
(B) AN ORAL PROTEST AGAINST THE PROPOSED DEREGISTATION OF THE
CHUNG WAH SCHOOL MADE BY THE C.P.G. TO H.M. CHARGE D'AFFAIRES,
PEKING WHICH THE C.P.G. REPRESENTATIVE STATED WOULD NOT BE PUBLISHED
HWAY FOR THE TIME BEING (PEKING TELEGRAM 712 REFERS).
(C) THE SPORADIC APPEARANCE OF OTHER ANTI-BRITISH SLOGANS AND
POSTERS PROTESTING ABOUT INCREASED CHARGES AT A NEW GOVERNMENT
SLAUGHTERHOUSE, RENT INCREASES IN RESETTLEMENT ESTATES, 'PERSECUTION'
OF HAWKERS AND GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE TO THE REINSTATEMENT OF
'STRIKERS'. THEY WERE REMOVED OR OBLITERATED WITHOUT INCIDENT. A
NUMBER OF LEAFLETS WERE ALSO DISTRIBUTED AMONGST THE DRIVERS OF
NINE SEATER VANS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES CRITICISING NEW TRAFFIC
REGULATIONS REGARDING THEIR VEHICLES.
(D) A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER AND SIZE OF DELEGATIONS SEMICOLON
23 VISITED GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND 19 VISITED COMPANY
OFFICES. 24 GROUPS WERE CONCERNED WITH REINSTATEMENT, FIVE RELATED
TO THE CHUNG WAH SCHOOL ISSUE WHILST OTHERS WERE CONCERNED WITH
MATTERS SUCH AS THE RELEASE OF PRISONERS, THE RETURN OF PROPERTY
SEIZED BY POLICE AND BUS SAFETY. ALL WERE ORDERLY, ALTHOUGH SOME
CHANTED SLOGANS. THE COMMUNIST PRESS, FOR THE FIRST TIME, GAVE
ROUTINE COVERAGE TO REPORTS REGARDING THE REINSTATEMENT DELEGATIONS
AND THIS INNOVATION, COUPLED WITH THE INCREASE IN SIZE AND NUMBER,
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