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Telno 1322
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HONG KONG TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (D.T.D.)
30 August 1967
Addressed to Commonwealth Office telegram No. 1322 of 30 August. Repeated for information to POLAD Singapore, Washington and Canberra.
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My telegram No. 1311: Sitrep as at 301200,
The deaths of an army bomb disposal NCO, of a Chinese injured in a bomb incident on 25 August and of the second of the men whose car was set on fire brings to six the number of deaths from terrorist attacks in the last few weeks. News sheets have listed six prominent Chinese as targets for assassination. Police raids have resulted in
the discovery of a bomb making centre. One rioter was killed in a demonstration in Kowloon on 29 August. The border has been quiet. Food deliveries continue to be erratic with the bulk coming in by road.
2. There were sixteen genuine bombs out of seventy-six reports on 28 and 29 August. On 28 August a bomb disposal NCO investigating flag poles and notices erected on Lion Rock, overlooking Kowloon, detonated a charge and was thrown over the cliff and killed. Three other charges were subsequently dealt with. A police raid on Hong Kong Island discovered a bomb making centre but no arrests of men directly connected with the centre were made. In this and other raids, however, 16 people were arrested.
3. News sheets have listed six prominent Chinese as terrorist targets. They include the Acting Secretary for Chinese Affairs, two Legislative Councillors, two Right Wing newspapermen and the Chairman of the Heung Yee Kuk, the new Territories Consultative Committee. One Councillor has been sent a parcel bomb and has also been named as a traitor by broadcasts from the Chinese side at Lo Wu.
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A demonstration against the Court decision in the newspaper sedition case was held in a resettlement area in Kowloon yesterday night. There were reports that co-ordinated demonstrations were to be held on both sides of the harbour but this did not happen. Kowloon disturbances, one ringleader, who was seen to be carrying a
During the bomb, was shot and killed. Two bombs were found near his body. The
crowd was then dispersed with tear gas.
5. The border has been quiet. The Contractor's representative engaged in building the new police post at Man Kam To was ordered to stop work by labourers from the Chinese side and has not been seen since. The bridge is open for supplies and the bulk of the pigs coming into the Colony now use this route. Sea supplies have been well down and there have been no rail deliveries although one train per day continues to arrive from Canton,
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RECEIVED IN ARCHIVES No. 63 31 AUG1967
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