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HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO. 133 TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
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(F) CONTINUED PROVOCATION BY CHILDREN AT THE BORDER. A MILITARY
WORKING PARTY AT SHATAUKOK WAS STONED ONCE AND ON TWO OCCASIONS
IREWORK ROCKETS WERE DISCHARGED INTO 3.T. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. CG) THE ESCAPE, ACCOMPANIED BY 20 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, OF A 3.T. FISHERMAN WHO WAS ABDUCTED IN DEEP BAY IN JUNE 1968 (PARA. 1(G) OF
HWDP/Y FELES
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TELEGRAM 892/68). HE HAS BEEN FORCED TO WORK IN A FISHING PRODUCTION TEAM WHILST IN CHINA. HE CONFIRMED THAT ONE OTHER ABDUCTEE IS LIVING
WITH HIS FAMILY IN C.T. BUT DOES NOT KNOW THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE
OTHER THREE.
2. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF COMMUNIST INCITEMENT IN THE UNREST AT HONG KONG UNIVERSITY WHICH APPEARS TO HAVE STEMMED FROM CRITICIS BY A SHALL GROUP OF DISCONTENTED LECTURERS, HOWEVER IT HAS PROVIDED MATERIAL FOR PROPAGANDA EXPLOITATION. COMMUNIST REPRESENTATION AMONG THE STUDENT BODY IS EXTREMELY SMALL AND IT SEEMS UNLIKELY THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO EXERT ANY GREAT INFLUENCE IN THE IMEDIATE
DERS FUTURE. MEANWHILE THE POSITION OF THE MORE MODERATE STUDENT LEADERS APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN RE-ESTABLISHED. THE COMMUNISTS ARE TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS TO IMPROVE THEIR IMAGE AND THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THEIR COMMERCIAL ORGANISATIONS IN THE
COLONY THROUGH INTENSIVE UNITED FRONT WORK.
FOO PLEASE PASS ROUTINE TO WASHINGTON AND CANBERRA.
SIR D. TRENCH
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HONG KONG DEPT. P.U.S.D.
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MR. MORETON
SIR A. GALSWORTHY
SIR J. JOHNSTON
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