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break down the gates and they were whooped on with two or three
chaps with loud hailers. Crowds started to gather; the police
had to come along to try to restore order. They argued with
these people with the loud hailers for nearly three-quarters of
an hour, trying to persuade them not to break down the gates of
the factory. In the end, of course, they had to stop them doing
it and then the rioting started.
I think the course of events is pretty well known to
you. You all know, roughly what happened. I do not have to go
through all that.
One of the most remarkable things, of course, has been
the extent to which the ordinary man in the street in Hong Kong
has come out in support of the Government. We knew very well
that 98 per cent of the people in Hong Kong felt as they did and
did not want any part of this cultural revolution, but what was
surprising was when they came out and said so; nailed their
colours to the mast; came out and said this. This is alien
to the Chinese to do a thing like this.
strongly about it, they did come out.
came out in support of the Government.
Haiphong, sports clubs.
They must have felt so
592 different organisations
All sorts of organisations,
There is no doubt that when the communists first
realised the minute extent of their support and the extent of
the unpopularity that they were very considerably shaken by it.
Just as they were badly shaken by the police education fund
which is an entirely spontaneous movement started by a Swiss
businessman; in a very short while $3 million had been
subscribed to this thing as a gesture of thanks and support for
the police. A most unusual thing to happen in a Chinese city.
So each round, each gambit as they have played it,
we have managed to control pretty well, but, of course, we know
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