En Clair
IMMEDIATE
No. 606
COPY FOR RECISTRATION
INWARD TELEGRAM
TO THE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
(The Secretary of State)
FROM HONG KONG (Sir D. Trench)
D. 14th May, 1967 R. 14th
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1105Z.
Addressed to Commonwealth Office Repeated to Peking No. 220
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POLAD Singapore No. 88.
My telegram No. 5940. 17
Kowloon Disturbances.
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MAY
1967
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SITREP, as at 1800 14th May.
Conditions in Kowloon remain quiet. There has been only one minor incident today in San Po Kong. Two cases of crowds forming but they were dispersed without incidento Only one arrest has been made, bringing to 392 the total since the disturbances started.
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You will be interested to know that the Auxiliary Police Force are reported to have worked extremely well alongside their regular counterparts and that morale is high. Of a total strength of 2,423 all ranks, 2,103 have reported for duty. 236 recruits under training and the Auxiliary Police Force Band were not called out.
392.
30 Total arrests since start of disturbances are
Details of charges etc. are:
riot 113;
unlawful assembly 78;
curfew 91;
others 85;
enquiries proceeding 11;
released 140
Ammunition used, 0800 13th May up to now:-
gas cartridges 14,
gas shells
46,
wooden projectiles 23,
gas grenades 5.
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