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CHINA
ISLAND 3 CHONGKONG ROUNDUP)
MRS JOHN WILLIAMS, SECRETARY TO MR MURRAY, SAID SHE AND
HER HUSBAND WERE IN THEIR FLAT ABOVE THE BRITISH CONSULAR OFFICES WHEN THE ATTACK STARTED.
THEY WENT DOWNSTAIRS. TO PREVENT THE CROWD COMING IN BUT WERE FORCED BACK. "THAT'S WHERE I GOT THIS," SHE SAID,
POINTING TO HER BANDAGED HEAD.
CHINESE PRESSMEN WHO ESCORTED MR MURRAY, HIS WIFE AND HIS SECRETARY FROM THE CONSULATE, GOT THEM TO SAFETY BY TELLING THE CROWD THE THREE BRITONS WERE AMERICANS. MR MURRAY WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN SPECIALLY SOUGHT BY THE DEMONSTRATORS.
NOTHING HAD BEEN HEARD TODAY OF BRITONS LIVING OUTSIDE CANTON INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE NEW ZEALAND PRESBYTERIAN MISSION, 15 MILES AWAY.
THE STAFF THERE HOWEVER INCLUDING DOCTOR AND MRS MILNE, TWO CHILDREN AND MISS ANN LILBURNE, ARE USUALLY PROTECTED DURING LOCAL TROUBLES BY THE DISTRICT "GUERILLA CHIEF.
THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAS EXPRESSED "REGRET" OVER THE RIOTS. NEGOTIATIONS OVER THE EVICTIONS FROM KOWLOON ARE TO CONTINUE.
THE POLICE GUARD ON THE TINY KOWLOON CITY AREA TONIGHT AS A PRECAUTION IN VIEW OF AN EXPECTED INFLUX OF VISITORS DURING THE WEEKEND. REUTER MF
1245
WAS INCREASED
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