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A crowd, several thousand strong, moved in procession from Shum Chun to Lo Wu this morning starting at about 0900 then eastwards to Man Kam to returning to Shum Chun in heavy rain at about mid-day. There were at least 200 armed militia and 75 C.C.A. with fixed bayonets. Although noisy the crowd

was well disciplined and obviously working to orders, About 500 gathered on the Chinese side of the border at Sha Tau Kok at about the same time. This crowd also dispersed after shouting slogans and behaved in a reasonably orderly fashion. Further details will follow.

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