1,055,209
319
994,904
China Motor
Bus
Co.
208
381,303
208
383,096
2,868,369 569,488
576
67%
Hong Kong Tramways
117
384,924
בבנ
370,906
569 488
80%
K.C.R.Wagons
River Boats
FREIGHT FROM CHINA
Week ending
18th Sept.
80
164
Passengers pre- disturbance daily averago
Teek ending
11th Sept.
Pre-disturbance weekly
Averago.
884
17
154
325
Percentage of pre-
disturbance
total
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office
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TELNO 1927
19 SEPTEMBER 1967 (H.K. & W.I.D.)
CONFIDENTIAL.
FOR RIVETT-CARNAC FROM WILSON.
TIMES REPORT OF 18 SEPTEMBER REFERRED TO AN ARTICLE IN A HONG KONG
COMMUNIST NEWSPAPER, CHING PO, CRITICAL OF THE CPG'S FAILURE TO GIVE
CONCRETE BACKING TO THE COMMUNIST CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. THE TIMES ARTICLE WENT ON TO REPORT THAT
LEADING COMMUNISTS IN HONG KONG SAID THAT THE ARTICLE HAD BEEN WRITTEN
BECAUSE THE CPG HAD NOT GIVEN ANY MONEY TO THE STRUGGLE
COMMITTEE STRIKE FUND LAST MONTH.
2. GRATEFUL FOR THE TEXT OF THE ARTICLE AND ANY FURTHER INFORMATION
FOR PUBLICITY PURPOSES.
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CPB's failure to give concrete backing
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Hong Kong Government. The Times
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VEJKLY ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION AS AT 2HE OCTOBER 0600
TOURS FOLLOWS IN TWO PARTS.
PART 1.
CAƆ THE CONTINUATION OF CPG NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATIONS WHICH
IMACHED THEIR PEAK ON 1 OCTOBEN. APART FROM ONE MINOR BREACH
OF REGULATIONS BY A COMUNIST CINEMA ALL PUBLIC FUNCTIONS HELD
TO DATE HAVE COMPLIED WITH THE LAW. THE REFERENCES MADE TO
CONFRONTATION DURING PRIVATE CELEBRATIONS HAVE BEEN COMPARATIVELY
MILD IN TONE. THERE HAVE BEEN NO CALLS FOR CONTINUATION OF ACTS
OF VIOLENCE ATTENDANCE HAS BEEN AS MUCH AS 30 PERCENT BELOW
•
THE LEVEL EXPECTED BY THE ORGANISERS.
(E) A LIMITED DEFIANCE ON 1.OCTOBER OF GOVERLIMENT'S BAN ON THE
DISCHARGE OF FIREWORKS. APART FROM ISOLATED DISCHARGES,
THE PRINCIPAL AREA INVOLVED WAS THE WESTERN DISTRICT VATER FRONT,
WHERE MILITANT WHARF LABOURERS, BASED ON A C
VICTORIA,
QUID SHIPPING COMPANY PREMISES, AND SUPPORTED BY OTHER COMMUNISTS,
PARTICULARLY STUDENTS, SOUGHT TO DEFY THE AUTHORITIES. · WHEN
LIVE ARRIVED THEY WERE ATTACKED BY THE CROWD, NUMBERING 1,500,
AND ONE DENISTRATOR WAS KILLED BY POLICE FIRE. THE WERE 8
A
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IT ONE STAGE THE CROWD WAS ENCOURAGED BY
LOADCAST.;
FRC. ADP RIVER BOAT DERTHER KEARLY, BUT THESE DAGEN UTPI,
ERINE POLIE
WARNING ZEING GIVEN BY MARINE POLICE.
(C) CONTINUED ANTI-BRITISH PROPAGANDA IN THE COMRIMISE PRDSS
VHICH HAS, HOWEVER, HAITATED ITS HORE MODERATE TONE.
OUTINENCE HAS DEEN GIVEN TO ALLEGATIONS THAT LOCAL COMUNISTS
L
7: 2001 ILL-TREATED IN PRISON, AND TO REPORTS OF HUNGER STRIKES
AND DEMONSTRATIONS BY PRISONERS. VIDE COVERAGE WAS GIVEN TO
THE TEXT OF RECENT REPETITIVE BROADCASTS MADE OVER THE
COMMUNISTS CONTROLLED MACAU RADIO VILLA VERDE BY JOHN TSANG,
AN EX-SUPERINTENDENT OF THE HONG KONG POLICE, CALLING FOR DEFECTION
BY POLICE. A STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE ALL TRADES WORKERS ANTI-
PERSECUTIO STRUGGLE COMMITTEE WHICH CALLED FOR UNEMPLOYED
WORKERS TO DEMAND JOBS FROM GOVERNMENT AND FOR CUT IN THE COST
OF LIVING BY A REDUCTION IN DEFENCE EXPENDITURE WAS PROMINENTLY.
REPORTED ON 1 OCTOBER.
(D) A STEADY IMPROVEMENT IN THE QUANTITY OF FOOD AND OTHER SUPPLIES
ENTERING THE COLONY FROM CHINA. THE EXPRESS PASSENGER TRAIN
SERVICE BETWEEN CANTON AND SHUM CHUN HAS BEEN MAINTAINED CTELEGRAM
1453 REFERS).
1519
CE) THE CONTINUED COMPARATIVE CALM OF THE BORDER AREA. ON 26
SEPTEMBER THE C P G AUTHORITIES REMOVED ANTI-BRITISH POSTERS
ON THE CHINESE SIDE OF LO WU BRIDGE. HOWEVER, OCCASIONAL POLITICAL
BROADCASTS CONTINUED AT LO WU AND SHA TAU KOK, THE FORMER
A
CALLING FOR THE RELEASE OF COMMUNISTS ØRRESTED DURING CONFRONTATION
AND THE LATTER CALLING ON POLICE TO DEFECT. ON 1 OCTOBER THERE
VERE CELEBRATIONS AND, PROCESSIONS ON THE C++ 18 3 0% 503-
ZUSTANG ON THE CHINESE SIDE OF THE
BORDER AND ONE MINOR INCURSION INTO BRITISH TERRITORY AT TA KU
LING DURING WHICH
FAOUTQQAY GHAGH
LING DUE THG UNIOR
A NUMBER OF INFLAMMATORY SLOGANS WERE PAINTED
ON THE ROAD AND SOME INFLAMMATORY PLACARDS ERECTED NEARBY.
2.
POLICE ACTION AGAINST COMMUNIST PREMISES AND ORGANISATIONS
WAS INTENSIFIED DURING THE WEEK WITH THE OBJECT OF UNSETTLING
Dr. OLLARA
COMMUNIST SUPPORTERS AND THUS AFFECTING ADVERSELY ATTENDANCE AT
THE NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATIONS. THIS ACTION HAD THE DESIRED
EFFECT. A TOTAL OF 121 RAIDS AND VISITS RESULTED IN THE SEIZURE
OF INFLAMMATORY MATTER AND CRUDE VEAPONS.
OF GELIGNITE AND FOUR DETONATORS WAS FOUND AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE
KOWLOON AND FOUR PERSONS ARRESTED. HOWEVER, THERE IS NO
MIDICATION THAT THESE EXPLOSIVES WERE INTENDED FOR TERRORIST
A LARGE QUANTITY
USE OR CONNECTED WITH THE.THEFT OF EXPLOSIVES FROM MAGAZINES,
D
YURTIG AUGUST. ON 29 SEPTEMBER THREE LEADING COMMUNIST PERSONALITIES
IN THE HRV TERRITORIES WERE ARRESTED AND DETAINED UNDER THE ·
EMERGENCY CPRINCIPAL) REGULATIONS.
3. ON 29 SEPTEMBER, TWO OFF-DUTY POLICE CONSTABLES FROM THE
URBAN AREA CROSSED INTO CHINESE TERRITORY APPARENTLY BY MISTAKE.
THEY HAVE SINCE BEEN DETAINED BY THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES (TELNO
1464 REFERS), AND NO RESPONSE HAS BEEN GIVEN BY THE NCNA TO
ENQUIRIES BY GOVERNMENT ABOUT THE MEN WHO ARE NOW SAID TO BE
HI CANTON.
4.
THE SUPPLY OF WATER FRM CHINA WAS RESUMED ON SCHEDULE ON
† 1
OCTOBER. AS A RESULT, IT HAS BEEN POSSIBLE TO RETURN TO A 24 HOUR SUPPLY
DAILY TO CONSUMERS. THE COMMUNIST PRESS HAD
PREVIOUSLY DENOUNCED GOVERNNIENT FOR IMPOSING POLITICAL
WATER RESTRICTIONS AND FOR INCREASING THE SALINITY OF THE WATER
SUPPLY SEMICOLON AND THE SAME POINTS WERE MADE TO THE DIRECTOR
OF WATER SUPPLIES BY AN NCNA SPOKESMAN IN A PRIVATE INTERVIEW.
5. THE PLA CONTINUES TO EXERCISE STRICT CONTROL OVER THE
BORDER ZONE. PLA PATROLS WITH DOGS, ASSISTED BY THE MILITIA,
HAVE BEEN OBSERVED SEARCHING FOR ILLEGAL ESCAPEES. PLA TRAINING
ACTIVITY HAS DECREASED AND MINOR TRAINING ONLY HAS BEEN OBSERVED
IN THE BORDER AREA. THREE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED
IR ENTERT'IG BY LAND AND THØYTY BY SEA FROM CHINA.
6. THE SITUATION IN CANTON HAS BECOME MORE SETTLED OVER THE
PAST WEEK AND THE PLA NOW APPEARS TO BE IN FIRM CONTROL. REPORTS
CONTINUE TO BE RECEIVED, HOWEVER, OF OUTBREAKS OF VIOLENCE IN
AN
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OTHER PARTS OF KWPAGTUNG. A 'GREAT REVOLUTIONARY ALLIANCE' WAS
14 CANTON ON 26 SEPTEMBER WITH THE ALLEGED SUPPORT
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IMTENT LOM
FORMED IN CANTON ON 26 SEPTEMBER WITH THE ALLEGED SUPPORT
OF ALL PREVIOUSLY HOSTILE FACTIONS.
DESPITE THIS, THE
AUTHORITIES HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT THE CANTON EXPORT COMMODITIES
TRADE FAIR WILL NOW OPEN ON 15 NOVEMBER, A POSTPONEMENT OF ONE
MONTH.
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7. THE ACCIDENTAL CROSSING INTO CHINA OF TWO POLICE CONSTADLES WILL
PROBABLY BE INTERPRETED BY THE LOCAL COMMUNISTS, AND BY
I
THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AS DEFECTIONS DESPITE THE OFFICAL ACCOUNT,
PARTICULARLY AS IT FOLLOWS CLOSELY ON NEW APPEALS TO THE HONG
KONG POLICE TO CHANGE THEIR ALLEGIANCE.
OR
WHAT THE EVENTUAL REACTION
TEL.-
OF THE CHINESE AUTHØITIES WILL BE IS STILL OPEN TO CONJECTURE SEMICOLON
PENDING RECEIPT OF THE POLICY LINE FROM CHINA LOCAL COMMUNIST PRESS
COMMENT HAS BEEN CONFINED TO THE ''SHOCK' CAUSED TO GOVERNMENT. THE
PUBLICITY GIVEN TO THE APPEAL BY JOHN TSANG IN THE LOCAL PRESS, OVER
RADIO VILLA VERDE AND AT SHA TAU KOK MAY PRESAGE AN INTENSIFIED
PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE POLICE FORCE WHICH CLEARLY REMAINS A
MAJOR TARGET FOR SUBVERSION
BY THE COMMUNISTS.
8. THE DECREASE IN ATTENDANCES AT THE C P G NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATIONS
MUST BE DISAPPOINTING TO THE LOCAL COMMUNIST LEADERS WHO HAVE SPENT THE
LAST TWO WEEKS EXHORTING THEIR FOLLOWERS
TO PERSUADE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO ATTEND. NO DOUBT IT
REFLECTS IN SOME MEASURE THE EFFECT THAT GOVERNMENT ACTION HAS
HAD ON THE MORALE OF COMMUNIST RANK AND FILE. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
STREET INCIDENTS LEADING TO VIOLENCE IN AN AREA WELL KNOWN FOR ITS
MILITANCY, THERE HAS BEEN GENERAL CONFORMITY WITH THE LAW DURING 1
OCTOBER CELEBRATIONS AND THIS, TAKEN WITH THE SHARP DECLINE IN TRUE BOMB
INCIDENTS, THE RESUMPTION OF STUDY GROUPS AND THE DESIRE OF THE CP G
APPOINTEES TO RETURN TO MORE NORMAL CONDITIONS, POINTS TO A GENERAL
DE-ESCALATION OF THE COMMUNIST
CONFRONTATION WITH GOVERNMENT.
OF
THE STATEMENT MADE BY THE ALL
· TRADES A.P.S.C. NAY FORESHADOW ATTACKS ON GOVERNMENT ON INDUSTRIAL AND
SOCIAL ISSUES IN AN ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN WIDER, SUPPORT FROM THE LOCAL
POPULACE. THIS WOULD BE IN LINE WITH THE INTENTION EXPRESSED BY THE
COMMUNIST HIERARCHY OF CONCENTRATING ON EXPANDW UNITED FRONT WORK IN
THEIR FUTURE CONDUCT OF CONFRONTATION. IT
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REGNS TO BE SEEN WHETHER THIS IS A SHORT OR LONG TERM POLICY
LOCAL POPULACE.
THIS WOULD BE IN LINE WITH THE INTENTION
EXPRESSED BY THE COMMUNIST HIERARCHY OF CONCENTRATING ON EXPANDING.
UNITED FRONT WORK IN THEIR FUTURE CONDUCT OF CONFRONTATION. IT
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REMINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER THIS IS A SHORT OR LONG TERM POLICY
SENICOLON ON BALANCE INDICATORS POINT TO THE LATTER.
LEASE PASS WASHINGTON TELNO 307 AND CAIBEBRA 104)
Sir D. Trench
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HONG KONG TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (D.T.D.)
525
Unnumbered
UNCLASSIFIED
PRESS
2 October 1967
HW
021900 Attention Glover SITREP two. Hong Kong Export Credit
Insurance Corporation issued policies with a total face value of one
hundred and five million (repeat 105 million) dollars and assumed
maximum liability of further fifty million (repeat 50 million) dollars
during past three months. This brings figures up to four hundred eighty
seven million (repeat 487 million) dollars and two hundred thirty eight
million (repeat 238 million) dollars respectively.
In his quarterly progress report Corporation's Commissioner Mr. K.D.
Robertson said to cope with
ever: increasing demand for export credit insurance corporations
statutory limit for underwriting purposes was raised from three hundred
million (repeat 300 million) dollars to
five hundred million (repeat 500 million) dollars on August twenty
third.
Mr Robertson added that Corporation's monthly premium income
from business declared is now (repeat now) sufficient to cover its
overheads.
Colony was quiet today. No (repeat no) bombs were found and no
(repeat no) raids were carried out between nine a.m. and six p.m. Ends
Informs.
Sir D. Trench.
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