TNAG-0005-FCO40-41-Departmental-briefs-about-Hong-Kong-1968 — Page 153

FCO40 Hong Kong Department Records 聯邦事務部香港部檔案 All

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SECURITY CLASSIFICATION

Top Secret.

Secret.

Confidential.

Restricted.

Unclassified.

PRIVACY MARKING

DRAFT

To:-

4

Type 1+ Xf

From

Telephone No. & Ext.

Department

In Confidence

A violent thunderstorm hit Hong Kong on

The night of 12"-13" June.

Latest report's midicate Izat 19

Ever

Note for Commonwealth Secretary,

Developments

Border Incident.

in Hong Kong..

2.

has been quiet s

the situation on Time from Kual

Since the demonstrations

there

29" and 30" May

The

killed

and 131 iniring;

has been widespread damage a result of damage

10

to property and and

a number

of

land slides

on the steep hill sides. St is the beginning of the typhoon season is

H 170 is

a marior

calamity by Hong Kong

standards.

Local

at howu

Situation on

the frontier has been quiet.

The incident has been the subject of

(held in a reasonable atmosphere) discussions with local representatives of the New China News Agency (NCNA),

who were said to be acting the ALEMA

who

representatives / have implied that measures taken to strengthen British forces in the

border area

as

a

result-

have angered.

of

the

incident

local peasants, thereby

creating difficulties for the Chinese

harder authorities. Hong Kong have

replied in a

conciliatory manner

returning are With so far

مت

und

possible seems prudent,

wigson to normal dispositions in the area.

Activities.

A Communist Delegations.

W(B)L 51-7433

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32.

There has been a

marked

mcrease recently in the number e size of

Communist delegation's visiting Government department's and private compances; They have made representations abgest has been to make demonstrations"

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