TNAG-0014-FCO40-50-Kowloon-disturbances-1967 — Page 18

FCO40 Hong Kong Department Records 聯邦事務部香港部檔案 All

COMMUNIST. “SUPPORTERS AND THUS AFFECTING ADVERSELY ATTENDANCE AT THE NATIONAL DAY.CELEBRATIONS. THIS ACTION HAD THE DESIRED

EFFECT. A TOTAL OF 121 RAIDS AND VISITS RESULTED IN THE SEIZURE OF INFLAMMATORY MATTER AND CRUDE WEAPONS.

A LARGE QUANTITY

OF GELIGNITE AND FOUR DETONATORS WAS FOUND AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE

HOWEVER, THERE IS NO KOWLOON AND FOUR PERSONS ARRESTED.

INDICATION THAT THESE EXPLOSIVES WERE INTENDED FOR TERRORIST

USE OR CONNECTED WITH THE THEFT OF EXPLOSIVES FROM MAGAZINES

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JURING AUGUST. ON 29 SEPTEMBER THREE LEADING COMMUNIST PERSONALITIES

IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WERE ARRESTED AND DETAINED UNDER THE

EMERGENCY CPRINCIPAL) REGULATIONS.

3. ON 29 SEPTEMBER, TWO OFF-DUTY POLICE CONSTABLES FROM THE URBAN AREA CROSSED INTO CHINESE TERRITORY APPARENTLY BY MISTAKE.

THEY HAVE SINCE BEEN DETAINED BY THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES (TELNO 1464 REFERS), AND NO RESPONSE HAS BEEN GIVEN BY THE NCNA TO. ENQUIRIES BY GOVERNMENT ABOUT THE MEN WHO ARE NOW SAID TO BE

IN CANTON.

4.

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THE SUPPLY OF WATER FRM CHINA WAS RESUMED ON SCHEDULE ON OCTOBER. AS A RESULT, IT HAS BEEN POSSIBLE TO RETURN TO A

24 HOUR SUPPLY DAILY TO CONSUMERS.

THE COMMUNIST PRESS HAD

PREVIOUSLY DENOUNCED GOVERNMENT FOR IMPOSING POLITICAL'

WATER RESTRICTIONS AND FOR INCREASING THE SALINITY OF THE WATER SUPPLY SEMICOLON AND THE SAME POINTS WERE MADE TO THE DIRECTOR

OF WATER SUPPLIES BY AN NCNA SPOKESMAN IN A PRIVATE INTERVIEW.

5. THE P L A CONTINUES TO EXERCISE STRICT CONTROL OVER THE

PLA PATROLS WITH DOGS, ASSISTED BY THE MILITIA,

PLA TRAINING

BORDER ZONE.

HAVE BEEN OBSERVED SEARCHING FOR ILLEGAL ESCAPEES. ACTIVITY HAS DECREASED AND MINOR TRAINING ONLY HAS BEEN OBSERVED

IN THE BORDER AREA. THREE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED

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ENTERING BY LAND AND THEYTY BY SEA FROM CHINA.

6. THE SITUATION IN CANTON HAS BECOME MORE SETTLED OVER THE

PAST WEEK AND THE PLA NOW APPEARS TO BE IN FIRM CONTROL. REPORTS CONTINUE TO BE RECEIVED, HOWEVER, OF OUTBREAKS OF VIOLENCE IN

AN

OTHER PARTS OF KWAGTUNG. A ''GREAT REVOLUTIONARY ALLIANCE TONKD IN CANTON ON 26 SEPTEMBER WITH THE ALLEGED SUPPORT

WAS

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