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INTRUSIONS OF THIS CATU TE WERE NOT UNCOMMON IN THE 1950'S: APART FROM THE ABDUCTION OF CYSTER FARMERS, THE LAST SUCH RECORDED
CCCU FENCE TOOK PLACE IN DECEMBER, 1960 (SEE SAVINGRAM NO. 16 OF
6TH JANUARY 1961).
4. TRAVELLERS' REPORTS INDICATE THAT SERIOUS FACTION AL VIOLENCE
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CONTINUES IN CANTON. SEVERAL ARRIVALS HAVE TOLD OF ARMED ATTACKS UPON MILITARY DEPOTS AND PERSONEL, BY 50TH PROGRESSIVE AND CONSERVATIVE FACTION AL ELEMENTS. OTHER REPORTS FR O TRAVELLERS SHOW THAT WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN KWANGTUNG HAS CAUSED SERICUS DISRUPTION
TO ROAD TRANS FORT AND TO RAILWAY COMMUNICATIONS NORTH OF CANTON. FLOOD S IN MORE NORTHERLY PROVINCES ARE ALSO SAID TO HAVE AFFECTED RHE RAILWAYS. THESE, AND OTHER EFFECTS OF FLOODING, HAVE CAUSED AN ERRATIC PATTERN IN THE ARRIVAL OF FOOD SUPPLIES BY RAIL FROM CHINA INTO HONG KONG, BUT THERE HAS, SO FAR, BEEN NO MARKED SHORTAGE.
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