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UNION MEMBERS ARE INCREASING SEMICOLON FOUR UNIONS HAVE LODGED PAY INCREASE CLAIMS AND OTHERS ARE CONSIDERING SIMILAR MOVES. THE MAIN COMMUNIST TRANSPORTATION UNION HAS INSTRUCTED MEMBERS THAT WHEN SUMMONSED BY POLICE THEY SHOULD TAKE NO ACTION BUT REPORT DETAILS TO THE UNION.
3. THE HONG KONG DELEGATION TO THE PEKING 1ST OCTOBER CELEBRATIONS RETURNED TO THE COLONY ON 26TH OCTOBER. ALTHOUGH FULL DETAILS OF BRIEFINGS RECEIVED ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE IT APPEARS THAT 'SELF-RELIANCE WAS A MAJOR THEME THUS INDICATING THE LOCAL COMMUNIST MOVEMENT CAN EXPECT LITTLE SUPPORT FROM CHINA,
4. AT A RECENT HONG KONG SEAMEN'S UNION MEETING PARTICIPANTS WERE WARNED TO PREPARE FOR WAR WHICH, IT WAS CLAIMED, WAS INEVITABLE. THEY WERE INSTRUCTED TO OBEY ALL UNION ORDERS WHEN HOSTILITIES BROKE OUT. THIS UNION, BECAUSE MOST OF ITS MEMBERS TRAVEL ABROAD, HAS ALWAYS BEEN PLACED BY THE C P G IN A SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT CATEGORY FROM OTHER LOCAL COMMUNIST ORGANISATIONS SEMICOLON THIS MAY ACCOUNT FOR THE LINE DISSEMINATED AT THIS MEETING DESPITE INSTRUCTIONS TO VISITING GROUPS TO CHINA THAT LOCAL COMPATRIOTS' SHOULD NOT EMULATE THE 'PREPARATIONS FOR WAR' CAMPAIGN (PARA. 2 OF TELEGRAM 832 REFERS).
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5. TWO MORE COMMUNIST UNIONS HAVE INFORMED GOVERNMENT THAT THEY WISH TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF THEIR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES IN WHAT ARE, UNDOUBTEDLY, FURTHER MOVES TO CONFORM WITH THE LAW ON ELIGIBILITY OF OFFICE-BEARERS.
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