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(D) AN INCREASED NUMBER OF DELEGATIONS SEMICOLON 19 VISITED COMPANY OFFICES AND 78 VISITED GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, OF THESE 72 SMALL GROUPS, ALL CONCERNED WITH REINSTATEMENT, VISITED TWO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ON ONE DAY. THE LARGEST
DELEGATION, OF 130 PERSONS, TO THE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY INCLUDED PERSONS CARRYING PLACARDS ASKING FOR REINSTATEMENT 'FOR THE SAKE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY' (THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF SERIOUS BUS ACCIDENTS IN RECENT WEEKS WHICH THE COMMUNISTS CLAIM RESULT FROM POOR MAINTENANCE AND INEXPERIENCED STAFFɔ. THE RESUSCITATION OF DELEGATIONS FOLLOWS CONTINUED HOSTILE REACTION BY UNION MEMBERS AND A DECISION BY OFFICIALS OF THE MAJOR TRANS- -PORTATION UNION TO PROCEED SLOWLY WITH RE-EMPLOYMENT USING ONLY 'POLITICALLY RELIABLE' MEMBERS TO FIND ALTERNATIVE WORK
IN THE FIRST INSTANCE.
(E) STATEMENTS BY SENIOR STAFF
PUBLISHING COMPANY ON 18TH JULY ON THEIR RETURN FROM A TRIP TO CHINA, THAT THEY HAD BEEN TOLD BY C.P.G. OFFICIALS THAT ALTHOUGH CONFRONTATION WITH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WOULD CONTINUE,
MEMBERS OF A MAJOR LOCAL COMMUNIST
THE WORD 'STRUGGLE' SHOULD NO LONGER BE USED, BEING INAPPROPRIATE, AS POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC MEANS WERE TO BE USED TO SEEK TO CONTROL THE GOVERNMENT. THEY WERE ALSO TOLD THAT MANY OF THE 'BOUND BODIES' FOUND IN HONG KONG WATERS WERE ANTI-MAO
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FACTIONALISTS WHO DIED IN CLASHES AND FOLLOWING BURIAL HAD BEEN WASHED AWAY IN THE RECENT FLOODS.
(F) SMALL CROWDS PROTESTING ABOUT THE ARREST OF TWO MEN WHO CONSPIRED TO COMMIT A BOMB ATTACK IN 1967 CPARAGRAPH 1(1) OF TELEGRAM NO. 8920 GATHERED OUTSIDE A NEW TERRITORIES POLICE STATION ON THREE OCCASIONS SEMICOLON ONE GROUP BECAME DISORDERLY AND
3 PERSONS HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH VARIOUS OFFENCES. THE CONSPIRATORS WERE CONVICTED ON 16TH JULY AND; BOUND OVER FOR THREE YEARS.
(G) PREPARATIONS FOR
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