CO129-499-4 Canton situation- governor's despatches 18-3-1927 - 22-4-1927 — Page 39

Enclosure No. 4,

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Hon. Captain Superintendent of Police,

FRONTIER INCIDENTS

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The whole frontier is peaceful.

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3.

Early in the week about two-thirds of the troops

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廣州城

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garrisoning Sham Chun were withdrawn to Cantón, leaving

a skeleton garrison of not more than 150.

In the late evening of the 15th inst I received from

D.S.P.(K) first particulars of drastic action taken by

廣東

the Goverment of Kwongtung against the Reds in Canton,

and in view of possible repercussion on the frontier, was

instructed by him to take precautionary police measures.

Instructions accordingly were at once given to Officers

i/c frontier stations.

The following morning

D.S.P.(K)

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九龍

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by previous arrangement with

I met Colonel Coates on the 06.40 train from

BE Kowloon and went with him and Major Marshall Smith to Lo- 湖

There we found everything quiet and normal. The

detective on duty at Lowu, and other Chinese whom I quest-

ioned, had heard only vague rumours of the affair at Canton,

and nothing whatever about the shooting of Reds. I noted

that the 08.06 train from Sham Chun carried very few pass-

engers, an indication that there was no local panic.

However, as the true facts of the Canton affair had

apparently not filtered through, and in view of a possible panic when they did, I arranged with Colonel Coates a

system of military and police look-out pickets along the

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frontier from Lok Ma Chau to Takuling. I also conveyed

to the various Officers i/c your special instructions telephoned me at Lowu.

At the moment of writing the situation on the front-

is normal, but the look-out pickets are being continued.

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