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Hong Kong Police have rounded up more than fifty people in various
operations following two successive nights of bombing incidents.
Four more bombs were found today in various parts of Colony. One of
bombs exploded as Army ammunition expert was examining it. Expert, an
officer from 69 Gurkha Independent Field Squadron lost index finger, tip
of thumb and middle finger of left hand as well as tip of middle finger
of right hand. He is now in hospital in good condition.
There have been reports in Press that Communists sacked from their
jobs want to be re-employed. But say reports latest bomb outrage does
not suggest that all Communists want to seek an end to terror.
Communists, reports say, may be merely making new tactical move -
talk peace on one side and use terrorism on other ends.
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The police arrested twenty-nine people including several girls and a
boy following series of bomb throwing incidents and demonstrations in
various parts of the Colony last night.
During the incidents, twenty people among them eight policemen,
received injuries from explosions caused by bombs thrown by local
Communist trouble makers.
The incidents began in the later afternoon when two groups of people
demonstrated in the Western district of Hong Kong Island shortly after
five o'clock. The demonstrators dispersed when police arrived on the
scene. However a boy and two girls were detained for enquiries. Some
banners were also seized.
Three hours later a man was arrested as he was placing a bomb outside
the Shaukiwan Post Office. This attracted a crowd of about seven hundred
onlookers, six of them, including woman, were arrested after refusing to
disperse.
While this was going on, a bomb was thrown at a police party
investigating a suspected bomb in Johnson Road near Swatow Street. Five
policemen were injured. Police fired one shot from a Greener gun at a
man suspected of throwing the bomb but he escaped. Two baton shells were
also used to break up a crowd which had gathered in the area.
In Kowloon, the incidents began at seven o'clock in the evening when a
crowd of about four hundred demonstrated in Shanghai Street at its
junction with Dundas Street. When the crowd failed to disperse police
fired one round of tear gas to break them up. The police party was then
attacked with two bombs and were forced to fire two rounds of carbine.
Shortly afterwards another police party came under attack from a second
crowd of one hundred and fifty people in Shanghai Street near Argyle
Street.
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explode at the police who fired off two rounds of gas and one wooden
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the area and a number of inflammatory banners seized.
As this was happening, detectives arrested a boy who was placing a bomb
at a pedestrian crossing in Lai Chi Kok Road at its junction with Pei Ho
Street. The area was immediately cordoned off. Not long afterwards, a
bomb was thrown at a group of onlookers about one hundred yards away
from where the bomb was planted. The bomb exploded injuring three
policemen and eight civilians. A search was then conducted in the area.
One of the premises searched was that of the Hong Kong and Kowloon
Printers Union where police seized a quantity of inflammatory posters. A
man was arrested on the staircase of the searched building.
At about the same time, a small boy sustained minor injuries when a bomb
was thrown at a police party in Reclamation Street. in the incident.
Ends.
No policemen were injured
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Police continuing their swoops on Communist Union Premises in Hong Kong
arrested three people today. There is no repeat no question that police
are in control of situation.
Apart from small demonstration in Kowloon City this evening nivlving one
hundred people Colony remained quiet. There were no (repeat no) reports
of bombs being found today.
Government today announced its intention to ivestigate possible
development of more reservoirs of Plover Cove tupe.
Investigations will be carried out in Long Harbour (repeat Lond
Harbour Three Fathoms Cove (repeat Three Fathoms Cove) and channel
between High Island repeat High Island) and mainland in Sai Kung
Peninsula (repeat Sai Kung Peninsula)
Investigations which will begin in November and last for period of about
six months will involve small scale engineering works necessary to make
trial bore holes at various locations.
It was also announced that one of results of Governments
decision to investigate feasibility of constructing reservoirs in areas
mentioned above is that a proposed scheme at Hebe Haven (repeat Hebe
Haven) which had been under consideration by Government has been
abandoned.
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Law and order in two spots in Kowloon were immediately restored after
police dispersed two crowds of people gathered in streets to hold
demonstrations earlier last Friday evening. In one spot a man was shot
in the shoulder when he attacked
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There were about one hundred (repeat one hundred) people in the crowd
there. In other spot there were about three hundred (repeat three
hundred) people in the crowd.
On Hong Kong Island there were neither demonstrations nor
In Kowloon Army reports of real bombs throughout the day. ammunition
experts detonated three real bombs which caused no (repeat no) damage to
property or injury to person.
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Communist disturbances in Hong Kong have not tarnished Colony's image
among American business leaders and others who really know Hong Kong
according to Mr. R.S. Priebe Division Vice President Afro Asian and
Canadian operations of Minnesota Ming and Manufacturing Company.
Mr. Priebe who is visiting Hong Kong during course of annual regional
tour said disturbances had not caused American business community to
lose confidence in Hong Kong.
"My company certainly has not and plans provide for further expansion of
our operations here".
Meanwhile situation continues to be calm. There were no reports of
bombs today and only one raid carried out this morning but no arrests.
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Addressed to Commonwealth Office telegram No. 1434 of 25 September.
Repeated for information to POLAD Singapore, Washington and Canberra.
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From
Weekly Assessment of the Situation as at 250600 hours in two parts
follows:
Part I.
The principal features of the Communist confrontation during this period
have been:
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(a) The beginning of the National Day celebrations. functions held so
far have complied with the law. September the Communist Press published
a list of 27 "slogans" for the 1 October; significantly none of them
referred to the confrontation in Hong Kong.
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(b) An increase in bomb incidents over the previous week. 382 reports
were received of which 73 proved genuine. military personnel, eleven
police officers and thirty civilians were injured by explosions. The
latter included four terrorists, one of whom died of wounds caused by
the explosion of a bomb he possessed. There were no known instances of
the use of gelignite. Four persons were arrested for possession of live
"bombs" (paragraph 2 of telegram 1423 refers).
c) Further sporadic, shortlived street demonstrations which followed
closely the pattern and purpose of the previous week (Part 1 paragraph
(c) of telegram 1405 refers). A bomb thrown at a police vehicle near the
scene of one demonstration resulted in a major explosion, causing injury
to five police officers and twenty-four civilians, most of whom were
sub- sequently admitted to hospital. The demonstrators were mostly
workers and students who dispersed on the arrival of police, invariably
leaving behind genuine and fake bombe.
(a) The distribution of the fourth month's strike pay by a number of
Communist Unions, One Union has announced a reduc- tion in the amounts
to be paid, due to shortage of funds, while there is evidence too of
various "contributions" being deducted by others in a thinly disguised
attempt to save money.
(e) The more moderate tone which continues to be maintained by the local
Communist Press. Wide coverage was given to a policy speech allegedly
made by the Chairman of the All Circles Anti-Persecution Struggle
Committee (A.C.A.P.S.C.). It was also reported in the second edition of
the Wen Wei Pao supplement. The text of this speech lists local
Communist "victories" since the advent of confrontation and whilst
encouraging "defensive counter attacks", it emphasises the political
nature of the struggle.
Stress is laid on the
long term nature of the confrontation and the fact that
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compatriots will have to rely mainly upon themselves to attain
victories". This is another inference that little further assistance can
be expected from China (see also paragraph 4).
(1) The continued improvement in the quantity of food and other supplies
entering the Colony from China, As a consequence there has been a drop
in prices (paragraph 5 of telegram 1423 refera). On 24 September, for
the first time in two months, an express passenger train arrived in Shum
Chun from Canton,
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(g) The continued comparative calm of the border area was marred by a
bomb being thrown on 19 September at Sha Tau Kok from C.T at security
forces drawn to the area by a minor stoning incident. One police officer
and four military personnel were slightly injured by the explosion
(telegram 1423 paragraph 4 refers). The PLA have twice taken action to
disperse groups involved in minor stone throwing.
Further seizures of inflammatory matter, documents, bomb making
materials and crude weapons have been made during police action against
Communist organisations and premises. A number of people were arrested,
including some wanted by police in connection with recent disturbances.
3.
Two further inspections of Communist-controlled schools were
carried out without incident. Apart from evidence of the propagation of
Mao's thoughts, no irregularities came to notice.
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The PLA continues to exercise strict control over their
border area though the slight increase in the number of illegal
immigrants entering the Colony continues 13 by land and 12 by sea have
been arrested in the past week. They are mostly young men who have
relatives in Hong Kong. The reasone given for leaving China have been
inability to secure employment, difficulty in obtaining food and general
hardship. All came from Kwangtung. While saying that
they knew of other people who wished to flee to Hong Kong they
reported seeing nothing to indicate any build up of potential refugees.
Reports from travellers indicate that Canton City is quiet and that
dissident elements have been forced into the country- side. Fighting
between rival factions about thirty miles to the North of Hong Kong has
been reported.
5. Despite widespread Communist Press attacks on H.E. the Governor,
demonstrations which were expected to coincide with his return to the
Colony on 24 September did not materialise. Two bombs bearing his name
were planted outside Government House during the morning; one exploded
without causing damage or injury and the other was disposed of safely. A
number of objects bearing red flags and inflammatory slogans were found
floating in the harbour during the day, but these incidents apart, the
Colony spent an unusually quiet day.
6.
The fact that bomb incidents and minor demonstrations continued on a
slightly increased scale during the week may indicate a split between
the leadership in the C.P.G. spheres of influence who are anxious that
tension should be lowered and emphasis placed, once more, on united [?
grps omitted] from activities and a restoration of trade, and the
militant rank and file in Trade Unions and schools. The speech in the
name of the Chairman of the A.C.A.P.S.C., stressing the long term nature
of the struggle and its political aspects, could well be an attempt
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to mend this split and it may be significant that, since its
publication, there has been a considerable drop in the number of bombe
planted in the Urban areas. The absence of demonstrations on the return
to the Colony of His Excellency The Governor may be a pointer that the
moderates are regaining control of the situation. Nevertheless there is
every indication that the Communists intend to persist in their policy
of confrontation with the Hong Kong Government and it is probable that
isolated acts of violence and small demonstrations will continue to be
staged by groups of militants.
Foreign Office please pass Priority Washington as my
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