SECRET
6. DESPITE INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED BY LOCAL KMT LEADERS NOT TO
PROVOKE TROUBLE DURING THE MOURNING PERIOD THERE WERE A FEW MINOR INCIDENTS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF MAO TSE-TUNG. THESE
INCLUDED A DEMONSTRATION BY K.M. T. ELEMENTS PROTESTING AGAINST A
FRENCH MADE FILM OF MAO'S LIFE SCREENED BY HKTVB.
KUOMINTANG
7. TWO MORE K.1.S. UNITS WERE NEUTRALISED DURING THE MONTH WHEN TEN K.M.T. INTELLIGENCE SERVICES (K.1.S.) AGENTS WERE ARRESTED ON 12 AND 13 SEPTEMBER AND DOCUMENTS, SECRET-WRITING MATERIALS, MICROFILM AND RADIO EQUIPMENT SEIZED.
8. PREPARATIONS ARE BEING MADE TO CELEBRATE THE DOUBLE TENTH (10TH OCTOBER) ON A SIMILAR SCALE TO LAST YEAR WITH THE APPARENT INTENTION OF AVOIDING TROUBLE. HOWEVER, IT SEEMS THAT THE CELEBRATIONS COULD AROUSE PARTICULARLY EMOTIVE FEELING AMONGST K.M.T. SUPPORTERS AND THE COMMUNISTS WILL BE MORE THAN USUALLY SENSITIVE TO ANY K.M.T. ACTIVITY THEY CONSIDER PROVOCATIVE.
SOVBLOC ACTIVITIES
9. FOLLOWING THE ARRIVAL OF 2 RUSSIAN MARINE SUPERINTENDENTS AND THEIR WIVES IN AUGUST A SOVIET MERCHANT SHIP, THE FIRST TO CALL FOR SUCH A PURPOSE SINCE MARCH, AND A CUBAN VESSEL DOCKED FOR REPAIRS.
A CUBAN MARINE SUPERINTENDENT ARRIVED TO OVERSEE THE LATTER.
EDUCATION/STUDENTS
10. THREE SMALL COMMUNIST SCHOOLS CLOSED BECAUSE OF THEIR INABILITY
TO ATTRACT OR RETAIN STUDENTS IN THE FACE OF THE FREE EDUCATION
OFFERED BY GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLS. THEIR DIFFICULTIES, WHICH ARE NOT NEW, ARE COMPUNDED BY THEIR RELATIVELY LOW ACADEMIC STANDARDS.
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11. THE HONG KONG