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POLICE LATER CLAIMED TO HAVE THE RIOTERS "ON THE
RUN."
SEVERAL THOUSAND PEOPLE - MAINLY STUDENTS - REMAINED IN THE STREETS, BUT THEY WERE GRADUALLY DISPERSING. POLICE RIOT SQUADS ON FOOT, ARMED WITH TEAR GAS BOMBS, RIFLES AND WOODEN STAVES FOLLOWED THEM DOWN THE MAIN STREET, SUPPORTED BY OTHER SQUADS IN POLICE LORRIES.
1018 LL
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MISSION 11 HONGKONG
ALL THE POLICE MOSTLY CHINESE, WITH SOME EURASIANS AND INDIANS - WERE LED BY BRITISH OFFICERS.
POLICE SAID IT HAD NOT BEEN CONSIDERED NECESSARY TO CALL OUT A OF THE BRITISH TROOPS GARRISONING THE COLONY.
AMONG THE INJURED WERE TWO AMERICAN CIVILIANS - STONED AS THEY STEPPED OUT OF A TAXI.