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CONFIDENTIAL
INWARD TELEGRAM
HLIA 5/12
TO THE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (The Secretary of State)
FROM HONG KONG (Sir D. Trench)
D. 11th May, 1967
R. 11th
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CONFIDENTIAL
No. 580
Addressed to Commonwealth Office (D.T.D.) Repeated to Peking No. 203
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"P.A. Singapore No. 70 (please pass IMMEDIATE
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My immediately preceding telegram.
Industrial Dispute.
Later this evening, situation deteriorated and I have called out the Auxiliary Police and have ordered a curfew covering the disturbed area of North East Kowloon only, from 2130 hours this evening to 0530 hours tomorrow morning.
11 injured (1 serious).
2. By 2100 hours, 90 persons had been arrested and
At 2145 hours four C.3. gas shells were fired in one incident in a resettlement estate: otherwise batons and baton shells only employed so far.
(Passed as requested)
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