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4.
From early July 1967 after the incident on the
fronter at Shata kok the Army had taken over
responsibility for the defence of the border with the
police in support. There had been a number of
incidents of incursion by groups of people into the
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had intruded into our territory, torn down the frontier
fence and other obstacles and ended up by holding
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prisoner Brigadier Martin and a number of Gurkhas.
At the same time conditions in China during the Cultural
Revolution were such that there was a serious risk
either that large numbers of Chinese fleeing from the
Cultural Revolution might try toburst over the frontier
or alternatively, to embarrass the British troops on
border
it.
the frontier might be driven over the frontier.
The
only fence existent at that time was the one
immediately south of the Shum Chun river which was of
course not only under observation from the Chinese side,
but within easy range for stone throwing and quite
useless so far as the British troops were concerned as
an obstacle which would help them to control any
incursion of either of the kinds mentioned above, or
indeed of any other kind.
5.
Accordingly C.B.F. and the 0.A.G. agreed on the
borter erection of a new barrier well back from the fenties
not under direct observation, out of range for stone-
throwing and where any incursion ofxeitheEXMİXİNEXXİKRE
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held in a position where Chinese armed forces on the
border could not help without violating Hong Kong
territory, or resorting to fire arms. Thus the
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