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INWARD TELEGRAM
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COPY FOUREUISTRATION
TO THE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (The Secretary of State)
FROM HONG KONG (Sir D. Trench)
Cypher
D. 23 May, 1967. R. 23
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IMMEDIATE SECRET
No. 678.
SAY
1967
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Peking No. 255.
P.A. Singapore No. 123.
"Washington No. 134 (S. of S. please
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My telegram No. 663.
SITREP as at 232000 hours.
It has been a quiet day on both Hong Kong and Kowloon The effective measures taken by the Police yesterday and the new restrictions on processions seem to have robbed the Communist leadership of the initiative.
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There has been a proliferation of loudspeakers broadcasting from Communist offices and stores. Though they have limitea themselves to tape recordings of extracts from newspapers and of music, they are a potential danger and steps are being taken to prevent their use. The main loudspeaker system in the Bank of China has been successfully jammed all day.
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There has been increased industrial activity.
The
China Motor Bus Company remained on strike on the Hong Kong side and the Communist trade union in the Tram Company staged a walk-out in sympathy this evening. Intimidation played a part in bringing the tram workers out: but most of the right wing union members continued to work. There has also been one brief protest strike in shipyard.
4. There have again been numerous rumours of a water shortage and of the P.L.A. massing on the border. The management of right wing and neutral factories were rung up during the morning and told that since the C.P.G. was definitely going to take over here and the British were preparing to evacuate, they had better change their policies. An official and categorical denial of this was made over the radio.
5. Right-Wing posters have appeared in a number of places in Kowloon and in two towns in the New Territories. There is,
however, no sign at present of strife building up on a large scale between these two factions.
The
60 A crowd, 2,000 strong and including 300 soldiers and some militia was seen on 22 May in China near the border. military element fixed bayonets and paraded up and down near the border. The numbers involved are not unusual though the
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