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TELEGRAM NUMBER 847
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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
3 NOVEMBER 1969.
ADDRESSED F C O TELNO 847 OF 3 NOVEMBER R F I POLAD SINGAPORE, WASHINGTON, CANBERRA AND SAVING TO PEKING.
FOR F C O AND CABINET OFFICE FOR JI C.
FOLLOWING FROM LI C. ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION AS AT 0600
HOURS 3 NOVEMBER, 1969.
INCREASED UNITED FRONT ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN THE MAIN FEATURE
SEMICOLON A NUMBER OF PAY CLAIMS HAVE BEEN LODGED AND OTHERS
ARE UNDER CONSIDERATION BY COMMUNIST UNIONS, A FUND-RAISING
DRIVE HAS BEEN LAUNCHED BY A COMMUNIST EDUCATIONAL ORGANISATION.
APART FROM ONE INCURSION LITTLE OF NOTE HAS OCCURRED ALONG THE
BORDER.
2. DURING A SERIES OF UNION STUDY GROUP VISITS TO CHINA IN THE
FIRST HALF OF OCTOBER BRIEFINGS WERE GIVEN ON THE NEED TO
EXPAND SUPPORT IN HONG KONG. EXPLICIT INSTRUCTIONS WERE GIVEN
THAT COMMUNIST UNIONS MUST OBEY DIRECTIVES ISSUED BY AND
THROUGH THE FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS AND MUST AVOID ANY FORM
OF VIOLENCE IN PURSUANCE OF THEIR ''STRUGGLE'' AGAINST THE
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. SINCE THE RETURN OF THESE GROUPS THE MAIN
THEME AT UNION MEETINGS HAS BEEN THE NECESSITY TO IMPROVE
MEMBERSHIP SEMICOLON SOME UNIONS ARE LAUNCHING RECRUITING
DRIVES SEMICOLON VISITS TO THE HOMES OF FORMER AND PROSPECTIVE
RECEIVED IN
REGISTRY No.51 -4 NOV 1969
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