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IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (D.T.D.)
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30 October, 1967
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ADDRESSED TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NO.1594 OF 30 OCTOBER, REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO POLAD SINGAPORE, WASHINGTON AND CANBERRA.
FOR C.0. AND CABINET OFFICE FOR JI C.
FOLLOWING FROM L 1 C.
WEEKLY ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION AS AT 30 OCTOBER. 0600 HRS
FOLLOWS IN TWO PARTS:-
CPART 1 ONLY FOR CANBERRA.
PART 1.
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RECEIVED IN ARCHIVES No. 63
31 OCT 1967
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THE PRINCIPAL FEATURES OF THE COMMUNIST CONFRONTATION DURING THE
PERIOD HAVE BEEN:
(a) A MARKED DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF TRUE BOMBS. 28 GENUINE AND
232 HOAX BOMBS WERE REPORTED. 2 EXPLODED PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF
SOME TEAMS. NO CASUALTIES. ON 29 OCTOBER, IN KOWLOON, THERE
WAS A MINOR DEMONSTRATION, BY STUDENTS AND WORKERS WHO DISPERSED.
ON THE ARRIVAL OF POLICE, LEAVING BEHIND A NUMBER OF HOAX BONES.
(B) THE CONTINUED COMPARATIVE CALM OF THE BORDER AREA," BROKEN,
ONLY BY SPORADIC STONE THROWING AT HAN KAN TO AND LO WU SY
CIVILIANS IN C.T., WHO WERE DISPERSED PY PL A. ON 27 OCTOBER,
AT TA KU LING, VILLAGERS FROM LO FONEC C T > REMOVED A SMALL SECTION OF THE BORDER PRIMARY FENCE. THE BREACH WAS CLOSED
WITH DAMNERT WIRE WITHOUT INCIDENT. ON 29 OCTOBER THERE WAS
AN INCREASE IN THE BROADCASTS FROM C.T. DEMANDING THE OPENING
OF THE MAN KAN TO BRIDGE.
THE TEXTS WERE RELATIVELY MILD IN TONE.
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