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Political Adviser 14 AUG 1967
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COLONIAL SECRETARIAT
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5 August, 1967.
LAST PAPER
The highlight here over the past fortnight has
been the crop of bomb incidents which have been more
@umerong and
for the bomb disposal experts Our telegram No. 1166 to Commonwealth
They have, however, caused surprisingly
lony, and by and
than dangerous, office gives details,
large have happened awa from the Central district of the Island so that
on her little of them in one's daily life. The police seem to 'ave got
some good leads very quickly and there has been a sharp decrease in the
number of incidents in the last few days. I hope that it means that they
are getting the better of the perpetratora, The bomb a themselves have
been in
ated, but the fact that black powder is so unstable as an explosive
means that great cure in handling them is necessary,
2.
The frontier remains a source of trouble.
Ian Ramgay gave me a first hand account of phase one of the Lo Wu
incident of 3 August. He wondered if they had been deliberately held
back to witness it, It le possible. Our troops really behave with the
greatesÍ íkaninð, given that practically every day urchins throw stones
at them either from the bridge or from the far bank of the river. To
suggest as N.C.F.A. have done that the "masses" were provoked into
action by the Gurkhas is turning the truth on its head, but we're all
used to that by now. We are considering making a film of one of these
incidents just to show the people of Hong Kong - and audiences
elsewhere - what our frontier guards have to put up with.
3.
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Yesterday's dramatic helicopter raids on the
bint and adjoining buildings seem to have gone very well. I watched with
amusement in the afternoon one of the Hong Kong Government helicopters
flying in the near neighbourhood of the Bank of China building which
drew several people on to the roof and upper storeys, no doubt
thoroughly apprehensive, Today they are probably telling other Communist
bodies how right they were to create defences on their roof!
D. C. Hopson, Esq., C.M.0., D.8.0., MO., T.D., Charge d'affaires,
PEKING.
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4. We quite understand your preference for swift action against the
Communist press. We have a feeling, however, that we may see a real cave
in in the worst offenders if we take action as has been proposed We may
be wrong, but we felt
strongly that since the press is practically the only weapon remaining
intact to the Communists they may feel that they must try to retain it
at least and may therefore bahave with prudence. If we can achieve our
aim without using the big sledge hammer wo should "23ke toặ
5.
side the
In
na we have indications that on the money
Whether the further
$10 million has actually been paid over is in some doubt, and it has
also been suggested that the paymasters are getting a bit tired of
pouring money down the drain to no purpose.
6.
I am sending a page from one of our Commanist papers to show what's
happening at Lo Mi (not copied to others). Most of thess plotures were
taken on 3rd August.
7.
The N.C.N.A. accounts of events here are, as ever, pretty fanciful. It
was funny that they should have alleged use of helicopters (quite
incorrectly) before we used them (see N.C.N.A. 072925). The worker, Su
Chuan, (your telegran Fo. 1008) was, of course, the chap shot by a
detective while throwing a petrol a bus. As for their treatment of the
shipping "strike" their flights of fancy are without limit. If ever you
feel you need facts about any of these events, please ask. Do you, in
fact, receive the H.K. papers still? I saw that the bankers in tob
Shanghai are no longer receiving them.
8.
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I am sending copies of this letter to Eddie Bolland to to Gilmore in
Washington to fill them in on the atmosphere, facts they will know
already.
(K.M. ilford)
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4 August 1967
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Addressed to Foreign Office telegram No. 297 of ↳ August. Repeated for
information to Peking, Tokyo, Hong kong, Washington,
Ottawa and Canberra.
Hong Kong Shipping Strike.
Following from shipping Adviser.
On Hong Kong telegram No. 1161 of 4 August to you I would add Blue
Funnel here tell me that after some embarrassment they have made
increased space available for loading from Hong Kong and that this extra
is being consistently utilised.
2. Foreign Office please pass Board of Trade.
Mr. Watson
FO/CO/TH DISTRIBUTION
F.E.D.
Sent 0820Z/4 August
Read 09472/4 August [Copies sent Board of Trade]
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TO THE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (The Secretary of State)
FROM HONG KONG (0.A.G.)
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Shipping 'Strike'.
Communist press here have made following claims:
(a) 33% less ships came in July,
(b) Transhipment of goods is down by 66%.
(c) Sea transport has been paralysed and foreign merchants have lost
confidence in Hong Kong.
(d) Vessels berthed have been reduced from 60 to
40 daily.
2.
Following facts controvert the claims:-
(a) 541 ships cleared through the port in July,
compared with 551 in June and a monthly average of 512 in 1966,
(b) Monthly tonnages for imports and exports:-
Monthly average for 1966 import 589,978 export 189,066. July 1966 import
586,680 export 262,848. June 1967 import 590,999 export 209,432. July
1967 import 581,517 export 184,268.
Though slightly down these figures hardly suggest paralysis.
(c) Cargo working proceeds normally, including cargoes
from China of foodstuffs.
(d) No ship has yet been prevented from sailing for lack
of a crew.
(e) On 1 August 104 ships were in harbour (number did
not drop below 88 in July) against average over firat six months 1967 of
97.
13.
3. Strike or not Hong Kong still has fastest cargo handling and turn
round in the East while delays often measured in weeks rather than days
are being encountered in Chinese porte.
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improved, that the number of incidents there had declined and that
morale was now much
Two Chinese journalists from the mainland, one of whom had only been in
Hong Kong for six weeks, had been imprisoned for terms of two and five
years on criminal charges; other Chinese journalists were detained and
were to be tried shortly. The possibility of arranging an exchange with
the Chinese Government of the two convicted journalists for Mr. Gray,
the representative of Reuters who was under house arrest in Peking, was
being considered.
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Paragraph 2. Although bomb disposal teams have only disposed of 57 bombs
in this period, inspections of suspected have also taken up much time.
For instance on 29 and 30 July there were over 100 suspected bombs (some
of them deliberately designed to resemble bombs) which turned out to be
false alarms. the army has taken steps to reinforce its bomb disposal
teams and a joint bomb operations group has been set up at the Colony
Pol/Mil H.Q.
Paragraph 5. Although only minor incidents have occurred at the border
the risk is always present that any one of them could have serious
repercussions.
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POLAD Singapore No.274 Washington No.243
(8. of S. please pass Washington)
Sitrep as at 31 1600.
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now given way
to praces aimed at Five Communist reporters, TheTuning "öne from the
N.O.N.A. have been arrested for trying to incite a group of teenagers.
The border has remained quiet with only sporadic stone throwing
incidents.
2.
There have only been isolated incidents of crowds gathering unlawfully.
The most serious was in Kowloon on the evening of 26/7 when a number of
vehicles were stoned or set on fire. A man involved in a bomb explosion
near a bus was shot dead by a detectiva.
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3.
Since 25 1600, bomb dispersal teams have dealt with
They are not vary sophisticated, but some booby
and all are intended to go off if moved. In almost every case the
explosive has been Black powder, normally used in making firecrackers.
This is very unstable, which means that the devices often have to be
exploded in situ. Delignite and dynamite are much used here in quarrying
and construction work, but only in a few cases have these explosives
been used. Controls on both firecrackers and other explosives are being
tightened up. The worst incident was a bomb hidden in a straw effigy
which exploded on being moved by a beggar, injuring ten people including
four children in a tram queue. Casualties otherwise have been light.
Statistics for the period 25 1600 to 31 0800 hours are:
Explosions 35
Bomba disposed of by Army or Police 57
The number of bombs has risen sharply in the past three days.
4. The arrest of five reporters including one from N.C.N.A. who were
observed distributing leaflets and inciting a crowd of young people
brings to three the number of N.C.N.A. employees awaiting trial.
Border
5. There have been a few relatively minor incidents only on the border,
mostly cases of stone or bottle throwing by groups of children. On one
occasion, an air gun was fired at the
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District Officer Tai Po and bottles thrown at the Gurkha Commanding
Officer and Company Commander in Sha Tau Kok.
Police Raids
6. Since 25 1600 there have been 12 raide by polid (on some occasions
with military support) on Communiat premises. 100 persons were arrested
or detained for enquiries and quantities of improvised weapons, gasmasks
and subversive posters and other material seized.
Recovery of Prolosi▼OR
7. After two bombs had been found in the possession of two men in
Kowloon on 26/7, police followed up information and seized six further
bombs and 32 sticks of commercial gelignite in a village near Kwun Tong.
A package containing nine bomba was also found in Tsuen Wan on another
occasion.
8. Comment follows in my immediately following telegram.
(Passed as requested and advance copies to F.E. Dept., Foreign Office,
Mr. Glover, News Dept., Commonweal th office and Private Office for
Commonwealth Secretary)
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