TNAG-0014-FCO40-50-Kowloon-disturbances-1967 — Page 17

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WARNING"25İNG GIVEN BY MARINE POLICE.

(C) CONTINUED ANTI-ERITISH PROPAGANDA IN THE COMMUNISË PRESS

VIHICH HAS, HOWEVER, MAINTAINED ITS MORE MODERATE TONE.

OMINENCE HAS BEEN GIVEN TO ALLEGATIONS THAT LOCAL COMMUNISTS

BEEN ILL-TREATED IN PRISON, AND TO REPORTS OF HUNGER STRIKES

AND DEMONSTRATIONS BY PRISONERS. WIDE COVERAGE WAS GIVEN TO.

THE TEXT OF RECENT REPETITIVE BROADCASTS MADE OVER THE

COMMUNISTS CONTROLLED MACAU RADIO VILLA VERDE BY JOHN TSANG,

AN EX-SUPERINTENDENT OF THE HONG KONG POLICE, CALLING FOR DEFECTION

BY POLICE. A STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE ALL TRADES WORKERS ANTI-

PERSECUTION STRUGGLE COMMITTEE WHICH CALLED FOR UNEMPLOYED

WORKERS TO DEMAND JOBS FROM GOVERNMENT AND FOR CUT IN THE COST

OF LIVING BY A REDUCTION IN DEFENCE EXPENDITURE WAS PROMINENTLY,

REPORTED ON 1 OCTOBER.

(D) A STEADY IMPROVEMENT IN THE QUANTITY OF FOOD AND OTHER SUPPLIES

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ENTERING THE COLONY FROM CHINA. THE EXPRESS PASSENGER TRAIN

SERVICE BETWEEN CANTON AND SHUM CHUN HAS BEEN MAINTAINED CTELEGRAM

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(E) THE CONTINUED COMPARATIVE CALM OF THE BORDER AREA. ON 26

SEPTEMBER THE C P GAUTHORITIES REMOVED ANTI-BRITISH POSTERS

ON THE CHINESE SIDE OF LO WU BRIDGE. HOWEVER, OCCASIONAL POLITICAL

BROADCASTS CONTINUED AT LO WU AND SHA TAU KOK, THE FORMER

ARRESTED

CALLING FOR THE RELEASE OF COMMUNISTS YRRESTED DURING CONFRONTATION

AND THE LATTER CALLING ON POLICE TO DEFECT.

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ON 1 OCTOBER THERE

WERE CELEBRATIONS AND, PROCESSIONS ON THE Cu/=++ la 3 9% -583-

-ON-THE CHINESE SIDE OF THE

BORDER AND ONE MINOR INCURSION INTO BRITISH TERRITORY AT TA KU

LING DURING WHICH

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tal DHG WITCH A NUMBER OF INFLAMMATORY SLOGANS WERE PAINTED

ON THE ROAD AND SOME INFLAMMATORY PLACARDS ERECTED NEARBY.

2. POLICE ACTION AGAINST COMMUNIST PREMISES AND ORGANISATIONS

WAS INTENSIFIED DURING THE WEEK WITH THE OBJECT OF UNSETTLING

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