CYPHER/CAT A IMMEDIATE
TELNO 1453
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
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(D.T.D.) HONG KONG TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
28 SEPTEMBER, 1967
ADDRESSED CO TELNO 1453 OF 28TH SEPTEMBER 1967 RFI PA SINGAPORE
WASHINGTON AND HC CANBERRA.
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SITREP FOR PERIOD 210800 TO 230800 :
MY TELEGRAM 1423♫
دانا
SINCE 20TH SEPTEMBER WHEN THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF 32 REAL AND 72 HOAX BOMBS WAS RECORDED IN ONE DAY AND SEVERAL ATTACKS WERE
MADE ON POLICE, VIOLENT ACTION HAS DECREASED AS PREPARARIONS FOR THE 1ST OCTOBER CELEBRATIONS GATHER MOMENTUM, ALTHOUGH 68 TRUE AND 173. HOAX BOMBS WERE FOUND DURING THE PERIOD, AND ONE PERSON INJURED, THE NUMBER OF BOMBS HAS FALLEN OFF STRONGLY IN THE LAST FEW DAYS AND NONE WERE FOUND IN THE URBAN AREA DURING THE TWENTY FOUR HOURS ENDING 280800. RAIDS ON 103 PREMISES, MAINLY LEFT WING UNIONS, WERE CARRIED OUT BY THE POLICE AND A QUANTITY OF INFLAMMATORY POSTERS SEIZED.31 PERSONS WERE ARRESTED DURING THE WEEK.
DELIVERIES OF EXPLOSIVES TO PRIORITY SITES UNDER POLICE/MILITARY ESCORT WERE RESUMED ON 21ST SEPTEMBER. ON 27/28 347 STICKS OF DYNAKITE WERE RECOVERED BY POLICE RAIDS ON A CONSTRUCTION SITE. ALL STOCKS OF FIREWORKS, TOTALLING 130 TONS HAVE NOW BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND WILL SHORTLY BE DUMPED AT SEA. ON 23RD, 52 TONS OF FIREWORKS ARRIVED ON A RIVER BOAT FROM CANTON, BUT WERE SHIPPED
BACK.
STARTING FROM THE 21ST, IN PREPARATION FOR THE 1ST OCTOBER CELEBRATIONS, PATRIOTIC PERFORMANCES HAVE BEEN HELD AT THE TWO MAIN LEFT WING THEATRES, BUT IT IS SIGNIFICANT THAT ITEMS CENSORED BY THE POLICE HAVE NOT BEEN PERFORMED.
ALTHOUGH ALL LEGALLY HELD STOCKS OF FIREWORKS HAVE NOW BEEN WITHDRAWN, LETTERS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM VARIOUS LEFT WING GROUPS INFORMING THE GOVERNMENT THAT THEY INTEND TO HOLD FIREWORK DISPLAYS ON 1ST OCTOBER AND THEY MAY ATTEMPT TO DO SO. POLICE ARE MAKING PREPARATIONS TO DEAL WITH THESE, BUT SOME DISCHARGE OF
FIREWORKS, IS LIKELY.
RECEIVED IN ARCHIVES No. 63 29 SEP1967
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