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CHANGES INCLUDING A REDUCTION OF OFFICE-BEARERS FROM THIRTEEN TO
SEVEN, THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT THAT THIS MOVE WAS MADE TO CONFORM
WITH THE LAW AND INDICATIONS ARE THAT OTHER COMMUNIST UNIONS
AFFECTED BY THIS ISSUE WILL ALSO COMPLY.
4. A DISPUTE, WHICH LED TO A SIT-IN OF WORKERS, BROKE CUT WHEN A CHANGE OF MANAGEMENT OF ONE OF THE LARGER HOTELS WAS ANNOUNCED. THE
COMMUNIST UNION OPERATING IN THIS FIELD PROFFERED ADVICE FROM
BEHIND THE SCENES SEMICOLON IT ADVISED AGAINST STRIKE ACTION AND,
WHEN AWARE THAT A SIT-IN WAS IMMINENT, INSTRUCTED ITS MEMBERS TO
AVOID ANY FORM OF VIOLENCE. THE DISPUTE HAS NOW BEEN TEMPORARILY
RESOLVED.
5. NORMAN BARRYMAINE WAS RELEASED BY THE C.P.G. THROUGH LOWU ON
11 OCTOBER (TELEGRAM NO. 811) WHILE THE GORDON FAMILY CAME OUT ON 14 (TELEGRAM NO. 818) AND CAPTAIN WILL ON 16 OCTOBER (TELEGRAM 828). TWO STATELESS RUSSIANS WHO HAD BEEN DETAINED IN CHINA SINCE 1951
WERE RELEASED INTO HONG KONG ON 13 OCTOBER.
6. APART FROM TWO MINOR STONINGS AND THE DISCHARGE OF FIREWORK
ROCKETS ON FOUR OCCASIONS, THE BORDER HAS BEEN INCIDENT FREE. THERE
HAS BEEN A REDUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF MAO PARAPHERNALIA ON DISPLAY
ON THE CHINESE SIDE OF THE FRONTIER.
7. THE DOUBLE TENTH CELEBRATIONS PASSED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AP ART
FROM AN INCREASE IN THE DISPLAY OF FLAGS IN CERTAIN AREAS THE
LOCAL K.M.T. MOVEMENT SEEMED UNABLE TO DO MUCH TO IMPLEMENT
DIRECTIVES FROM TAIWAN TO EXPAND THE SUPPORT GIVEN TO THE
FESTIVITIES.
COMMENT.
8. THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO THE VISITORS FROM HONG KONG TO THE
SECRET
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