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E) ANNOUNCEMENTS BY COMMUNIST SCHOOLS OF PLANS TO OPEN A FURTHER 5 BRANCHES/NIGHT SCHOOLS, DRINGING THE TOTAL ANNOUNCED, SO FAR THIS YEAR TO 22 NEW ESTABLISHMENTS.
F) CONTINUED CRITICISM OF GOVERNMENT IN THE COMMUNIST PRESS BUT NO MAJOR THEME, AT THE END OF THE WEEK THE TWO RELEASED DETAINEES, FIRST MENTIONED IN A LOW KEY (TELEGRAM 886) DECAME THE SUBJECT OF ARTICLES AND EDITORIALS IN THE MAJOR PAPERS ALLEGING MALTREAT- MENT OF DETAINEES GENERALLY AND CALLING FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF -THE REMAINDER. REPORTS OF RALLIES TO CELEBRATE THEIR RELEASE WERE GIVEN PROMINENCE, THE DEEP BAY INCIDENT OF 30 JULY (TELS 834-836) WAS FINALLY MENTIONED ON 11 JUNE IN A SOMEWHAT DISTORTED ACCOUNT WHICH INTIMATED THAT ALL THOSE CONCERNED HAD GONE TO C T ON REQUEST AND HAD ADMITTED THEIR ERRORS IN STEALING FISH IN COMMUNE WATERS THE ARTICLE WENT ON TO SAY THE FISHERFOLK HAD REMAINED VOLUNTARILY, IN C T. AND IMPLIED THAT ALL HAVE NOW LEFT. (SEE PARA1 (G) BELOW)"
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G) THE RETURN TO BT OF A FURTHER 19 FISHERFOLK ABDUCTED IN DEEP BAY ON 30 JUNE (TELEGRAMS 834-836 AND PARA 1(1) OF 864): ONE IS
THE FATHER OF A HONG KONG POLICE CONSTABLE WHO WAS NOT INTERROGATED
ABOUT HIS SON'S WORK: 5 FISHERFOLK, INCLUDING THE FATHER OF ANOTHER POLICE CONSTABLE, REMAIN IN C T. ON 13 JULY CT FISHERMEN COMPLAINED TO POLICE THAT THEIR LAUNCHES IN THE AREA ARE DISRUPTING FISHING AND DAMAGING NETS. THIS COMPLAINT, WHICH APPEARS TO BE GROUNDLESS, IS BEING INVESTIGATED.
H) QUIET ON THE LAND BORDER: TRAVELLERS ENTERING CHINA ARE STILL REQUIRED TO CHANT SLOGANS, SOME ANTI-BRITISH, BUT THE SHUNTING ENGINE HAS REMAINED CLEAN ALTHOUGH THE CREW CONTINUE DAILY MAO
THOUGHT SESSIONS. ANTI-410 AND ANTI-DRITISH SLOGANS WERE PAINTED
ON THE C T END OF MAN KAM TO BRIDGE DURING A GENERAL REFURBISHING
OF THE AREA, AT THIS POINT AND AT LO WU THERE HAS BEEN EVIDENCE RECENTLY OF INCREASED PARTICIPATION BY C C A PERSONNEL IN WHAT APPEAR TO BE POLITICAL RALLIES. THESE ACTIVITIES MAY BE CONNECTED
WITH THE REPORTED ARRIVAL IN THE DORDER AREA OF A SPECIAL C C A PROPAGANDA UNIT. THEY MAY ALSO FORESHADOW AN IMPORTANT INSPECTION, PERHAPS TO COINCIDE WITH THE ANNIVERSARY,
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