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INWARD TELEGRAM
TO THE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (The Secretary of State)
FROM HONG KONG (Sir D. Trench)
D. 30 May 1967 R. 30
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POLAD Singapore No.143 "Peking No.286
The Communist papers this morning (30 May) give
front page spread to the 'People's Daily' commentator article about the "BULWARK" and our alleged gunboat diplomacy. A good deal of front page space is also devoted to reports of token strikes conducted "victoriously" on some of the ferry services and in a number of textile mills. The editorials in both the
"illegal trials must be stopped") and the
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"Wen Wei Pao" "you must immediately release people") both take
"Ta Kung Pao"
the line that the trials now going on are illegal, that those accused had committed no crimes and that any crimes committed were committed by the police in beating up and arresting "patriotic compatriots".
2. Elsewhere in these newspapers a good deal of space is devoted to reports of alleged torture and beating up by police of prisoners.
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