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COPY FOR REGISTRATION
SECRET
INWARD TELEGRAM
TO THE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
(The Secretary of State)
FROM HONG KONG (0.A.G.)
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7 July, 1967.
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PRIORITY SECRET No 979.
Addressed to Commonwealth Office.
Repeated
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Peking No. 389
11 P.A. Singapore No. 218.
"Washington No. 212. (S. of S. please
pass all).
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My telegram No. 945
H.K. Confrontation.
Following is LIC assessment of the situation as at
midday 7 July
Principal features of the Communist confrontation with Government over the past week have been;-
(a) The continuation of the strike in public transportation,
utilities, port facilities and the textile industry. Despite Communist attempts at intimidation and bribery of workers, there has continued to be a steady return of strikers to work and services to the public, in the transport field, are gradually improving. Most of the companies affected by the strike are taking on new labour but in the case of the bus companies, particularly in Kowloon, it will be some time before a full service can be resumed. Work in the harbour which was slightly disrupted for some time as a result of a refusal of motor boat and lighter crews to work on the ships in midstream, is now practically back to normal. In a general attempt to keep the strikers from returning to work, the Communists have now standardised their strike pay (apparently for the month) at 500 dollars per man
(b)
RECEIVED INN ARCHIVES No.63
and have offered to subsidise alternative accommodation for workers who are evicted from company quarters as a result of their dismissal.
The disruption for four days of food supplies from China (paragraph 2 (B) of telegram No. 945 refers). On the whole, this strike had surprisingly little effect on the local community, Indeed apart from a shortage of pcrk and eggs and a rise in price of vegetables and some other
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