E.
SECRET
HONG KONG TEL NO. 874 TO F.C.0.
3.-
ALL COMMUNIST ORGANISATIONS ARE INVOLVED IN RAISING FUNDS
FOR THE DRIVE BEING CONDUCTED BY A MAJOR "PATRIOTIC' EDUCATIONAL
ASSOCIATION (PARA 6 OF TELEGRAM 847). THE CAMPAIGN IS EXPEITED
TO CONCLUDE ABOUT MID-DECEMBER.
7.
THE CANTON AUTUMN EXPORT COMMODITIES TRADE FAIR CONCLUDED
ON 15 NOVEMBER, WHILE THERE WAS A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER
OF FOREIGN BUSINESSMEN TRANSITTING HONG KONG FOR THE FAIR THE NUMBER OF LOCAL BUSINESSMEN DROPPED CONSIDERABLY FROM 7,366
WHO ATTENDED THE SPRING FAIR, TO JUST OVER 4,200.
COMMENT.
R. THE TALKS ON CHINA'S WAR PREPARATIONS, WHICH ARE AN OBVIOUS
SEQUEL TO INTENSIFIED ACTIVITY IN CHINA SINCE THE START OF THE SINO SOVIET RORDER TALKS, ARE HAVING LITTLE EFFECT ON LOCAL
COMMUNIST SUPPORTERS WHO ARE SCEPTICAL OF THE CLAIN THAT WAR IS
IMMINEMT. DISCUSSIONS ON THIS SUBJECT, HOWEVER, TOGETHER
WITH ACTIVITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE FUND-RAISING DRIVE,
ABE LIKELY TO ENGROSS LOCAL COMMUNIST ORGANISATIONS FOR THE IMMEDIATE
FUTURE.
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