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ARCHIVES No. 63 29 OCT1968
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MMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NO.2124
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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
28 CCTO BER 1968
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ADDRESSED FCO TELEGRAM NO. 2124 OF 28TH OCTOBER REPEATED PA SINGAPORE
AND WASHINGTON.
FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AND CABINET OFFICE.
MY IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING TELEGRAM REFERS.
AT A MEETING ON 17TH OCTOBER, ATTENDED BY LEADING COMMUNIST FILM
PERSONALITIES, A SENIOR NCNA OFFICIAL RESPONSIBLE FOR LOCAL FILM
AFFAIRS DISSEMINATED IN SOME DETAIL THE CONTENTS OF A RECENT C.P.G.
DIRECTIVE ON FUTURE COMMUNIST POLICY TOWARDS HONG KONG.
THE DIRECTIVE, HE STATED SHOWED THAT THE LOCAL BRITISH SHOULD BE
· REGARDED AS 'VERY CRAFTY' BECAUSE THEY WERE ABLE LAST YEAR TO
DETERMINE COMMUNIST INTENTIONS AND MOULD THEIR TACTICS ACCORDINGLY:
AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES HAD RESTRICTED THEIR ACTIVITIES
IN COMBATTING COMMUNISM TO A LEVEL WHICH WOULD NOT ANTAGONISE THE
LOCAL POPULATION IN AN ATTEMPT TO DISPLAY A LIBERAL'
ATTITUDE TO THE REST OF THE WORLD. IN FUTURE ADVANTAGE OF THIS
ATTITUDE SHOULD BE TAKEN BY CONCENTRATING ON OVERT WORK AND WINNING
OVER THE MASSES'.
2. IN DISCUSSING PREVIOUS COMMUNIST TACTICS THE SPEAKER STATED THAT
THE DEMANDS MADE UPON THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT DURING THE VIOLENT
PHASE OF THE CONFRONTATION, ALTHOUGH AT THE TIME SUPPORTED BOTH
LOCALLY AND IN PEKING, WERE NOW CONSIDERED TO HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE
FOR THE BRITISH TO ACCEPT SEMICOLON FURTHERMORE THE VERY NATURE OF
THERE EXCESSIVE DIMANDS HAD COMMITTED LOCAL COMMUNISTS TO AN UN-
CEASING STRUGGLE IN HONG KONG. HE STRESSED THAT THE PREVIOUS IDEA
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