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TELEGRAM NUMBER 673.
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TO FOREIGN A COMMONWEALTH OFFICE.
26 AUGUST 1969.
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ADDRESSED FCO TELEGRAM 673 OF 26 AUGUST RFI POLAD SINGAPORE, WASHINGTON AND CANBERRA AND BY SAVING TO PEKING.
FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AND CABINET OFFICE FOR JIC. FOLLOWING FROM LIC : ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION AS AT 0690 HOURS
25 AUGUST.
THE LOCAL COMMUNIST PRESS HAS MAINTAINED ITS VIRULENT ANTI-GOVERN- MENT CAMPAIGN DURING THE PAST TWO WEEKS BUT THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE OVERT COMMUNIST ACTIVITY ON THE GROUND. INCREASING COMMUNIST PRE- CCCUPATION WITH PREPARATIONS FOR 1ST OCTOBER CELEBRATIONS HAS BEEN COUPLED WITH ATTEMPTS TO REVIVE INTEREST IN THE 9TH CONGRESS. AP ART FROM A FEW MINOR STONINGS AT SHATAUKOK THE BORDER HAS REMAINED QUIET AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO FURTHER INCIDENTS AT DEEP BAY (TELEGRAM 646).
2. PREPARATIONS FOR THE 1ST OCTOBER CONTINUE WITH A SLIGHT EMPHASIS ON ECONOMY. TO SET THE THEME, MAO AND 9TH CONGRESS PROPAGANDA HAS INCREASED AT STUDY GROUP MEETINGS AND A NEW CPG CONGRESS DOCUMENTARY HAS BEEN PASSED FOR LOCAL VIEWING. AT THE SAME TIME ANTI-SOVIET PROPAGANDA IN THE PRESS AND AT UNION AND SCHOOL MEETINGS HAS
INCREASED.
3. COMMUNIST LABOUR CIRCLES HAVE CONTINUED TO SHOW SENSITIVITY TO THE RECENT IMPRISONMENT OF INELIGIBLE UNION OFFICIALS (PARA.2 OF TELEGRAM 631). COMMUNIST UNIONS AND NEWSPAPERS HAVE CONTINUED TO PROTEST AT THE ARREST OF THE GAS WORKERS' UNION CHAIRMAN CHARGED AKKI 37 WITH CRIMINAL INTIMIDATION (TELEGRAM 658). HIS TRIAL, NOW IN
PROGRESS, HAS BEEN ATTENDED BY SMALL GROUPS OF WELL BEHAVED SUPPORTERS. THE RUBBER AND PLASTIC WORKERS' UNION OFFICIAL PLACED UNDER POLICE SUPERVISION ON RELEASE FROM PRISON (TELEGRAM 668)
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