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IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 832
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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
21 OCTOBER 1969
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ADDRESSED TO FCO TELEGRAM NO. 832 OF 21 OCTOBER REPEATED FOR
INFORMATION TO POLAD SINGAPORE, WASHINGTON, CANBERRA AND SAVING TO PEKING.
FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AND CABINET OFFICE FOR JIC.
FOLLOWING FROM LIC: ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION AS AT 0650 HOURS
20TH OCTOBER 1969.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME SIGNS OF INCREASED UNITED FRONT ACTIVITY BY COMMUNISTS BUT THE EMPHASIS IS STILL ON PEACEFUL EXPANSION AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW. SEVERAL BRITISH SUBJECTS HAVE BEEN RELEASED FROM CHINA THE FRONTIER REMAINS LARGELY QUIET AND THE
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DOUBLE TENTH PASSED WITHOUT INCIDENT.
2. A SERIES OF MEETINGS IS BEING HELD IN LOCAL COMMUNIST CIRCLES TO HEAR REPORTS FROM DELEGATES WHO ATTENDED 1ST OCTOBER CELEBRATIONS
IN CANTON. SPEECHES WERE GIVEN TO THE HONG KONG GROUP BY KTANGTUNG PROVINCIAL REVOLUTIONARY COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO STRESSED THAT THERE
WAS NO NEED FOR 'COMPATRIOTS' IN HONG KONG TO EMULATE THE
'PREPARATION FOR WAR CAMPAIGN. EMPHASIS WAS LAID ON THE NEED TO
INTENSIFY UNITED FRONT WORK. COMMUNIST UNIONS ARE ALREADY PUTTING
THIS DIRECTIVE INTO PRACTICE BY VISITING FORMER AND POTENTIAL
MEMBERS IN THEIR HOMES AND LECTURING THEM ON THE ADVANTAGES OF
UNION MEMBERSHIP SEMICOLON PROPAGANDA LEAFLETS ARE BEING CIRCULATED
ALSO TO WORKERS IN A NUMBER OF COMPANIES.
3. THE GAS WORKERS' UNION, WHICH PREVIOUSLY ELECTED A COMMITTEE OF EIGHT ELIGIBLE AND FIVE INELIGIBLE OFFICE-BEARERS (PARAGRAPH 5 33) OF TELEGRAM NO. 705), HAS NOW NOTIFIED GOVERNMENT OF CONSTITUTIONAL
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