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CG) INSTRUCTIONS IN PUBLISHING CIRCLES, RELAYED BY A SENIOR OFFICIAL
WHO RECENTLY ATTENDED A MEETING IN CANTON, THAT THE OVERSEAS
DISTRIBUTION OF COMMUNIST PUBLICATIONS MUST BE INCREASED AND THAT
PERSUASION RATHER THAN PRESSURE WILL BE USED TO ATTRACT PEOPLE TO
COMMUNIST FUNCTIONS. IT WAS ALSO STATED THAT THE UNITY OF THE MASSES
MUST BE BROADENED, THAT LOCAL CONDITIONS MUST BE BORNE IN MIND IN
THE CLASS STRUGGLE' AND THAT STUDY CLASSES HUST RAISE THE
IDEOLOGICAL LEVEL OF CADRES,
2. THE CELEBRATIONS TO MARK THE 9TH CONGRESS WILL, NO DOUBT, BE
DESIGNED TO IMPRESS THE UNCOMMITTED SECTIONS OF THE PUBLIC AND WILL
BE ACCOMPANIED BY A MAJOR PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN, IT SEEMS THAT
STRENUOUS EFFORTS WILL BE MADE TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE NO UNTOWARD
INCIDENTS WHICH MIGHT 'SPOIL' THE OCCASION. THE INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED
IN PUBLISHING CIRCLES ARE CLEARLY IN LINE WITH CURRENT POLICY AND
EMPHASISE THAT LOCAL CONDITIONS MUST DICTATE THE TACTICS USED IN
THE LONG TERM POLITICAL STRUGGLE AGAINST THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.
3. THE ALREADY POOR MORALE OF 'STRIKERS' IS UNLIKELY TO IMPROVE WITH
THE EFFORTS TO RECOVER OUTSTANDING UNION DUES FROM THOSE ALREADY
EMPLOYED AND THE UNCERTAINTY WHICH HOW SURROUNDS FURTHER 'STRIKE
ALLOWANCES' SEMICOLON ALTHOUGH PAYMENTS CONTINUE THIS MONTH IN THE
MAIN TRANSPORTATION UNION NO ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN MADE REGARDING
PAYMENTS AFTER LUNAR NEW YEAR. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT 2,000
'STRIKERS' REMAIN UNEMPLOYED AS COMPARED WITH 3,400 A MONTH AGO.
WHILE THE ENTRIES FOR THE SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION MAY BE
PART OF THE CAMPAIGN TO ATTRACT NON-COMMUNIST STUDENTS, A POOR
RESULT, WHICH COULD BE CAUSED BY THE DISRUPTION IN ACADEMIC WORK
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