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13 OCT 1978
DESK OFFICER INDEX.
TO IMMEDIATE F.C.0 TELNO.1191 OF 11 OCTOBER 78,
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING,
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INFO SAVING WELLINGTON.
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THE FOLLOWING IS THE LIC ASSESSMENT FOR SEPTEMBER 1970.
TINESE COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES.
DURING THE MONTH THERE WERE SEVERAL INDICATIONS OF GREATER CO-OPERATION AND A MORE RELAXED RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPING BETWEEN THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES AND THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT THAN AT
ANY TIME SINCE 1949.
2. THE NON-COMMUNIST MEDIA MADE MUCH OF A SPEECH IN WHICH THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE LOCAL BRANCH OF THE N C NA MADE WHAT AMOUNTED TO AN APOLOGY FOR THE DISTURBANCES WHICH TOOK PLACE IN HONG KONG IN 1967 AND WARNED HIS AUDIENCE AGAINST ALLOWING
THEIR RECURRENCE.
3. THE COMMUNIST PRESS EMPHASISED THE ROLE OF HONG KONG IN SUPPORTING THE CHINESE PROGRAMME FOR MODERNISATION AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT.
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4. BOTH THE SHIPPING AUTHORITIES OF KWANGTUNG PROVINCE AND THE
HONG KONG YAU MA TEI FERRY COMPANY CONFIRMED ON 23RD SEPTEMBER THAT DAILY HOVERFERRY SERVICES BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CANTON WILL
COMMENCE IN MID-NOVEMBER. AGREEMENT WAS ALSO REACHED BETWEEN THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT, HONG KONG AND A DELEGATION FROM THE CHINESE CIVIL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION FOR CHINA TO OPERATE NON-SCHEDULED PASSENGER FLIGHTS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CANTON DURING THE CANTON AUTUMN FAIR IN OCTOBER.