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FOLLOWING SENT TO YOU FOR ONWARD TRANSMISSION IN CAT A CYPHER

TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG PRIORITY

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TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG

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JICTEL 782

[BATED 26/40/67]

FOR SECRETARY LIC(HK) FROM SECRETARY JIC

FOLLOWING IS ITEM FROM WEEKLY SURVEY OF INTELLIGENCE DATED 26/10/67 HONG KONG (SECRET)

1. BOMB INCIDENTSTAVE CONTINUED, BUT ON A REDUCED SCALE. THE ABSENCE

OF STREET DEMONSTRATIONS AND THE TEMPORARY UPSURGE IN BOMB INCIDENTS

IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO LORD SHEPHERD'S DEPARTURE ON 21ST OCTOBER MAY INDICATE AN INCREASING RELUCTANCE OF MILITANT GROUPS TO EXPOSE

THEMSELVES TO ARREST. WAVES OF VIOLENCE CAN HOWEVER BE EXPECTED

WHENEVER THERE IS A CONFLICT WITH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ON

PARTICULAR ISSUES WHICH CAN BE REPRESENTED BY THE LOCAL COMMUNISTS

AS JUSTIFYING VIOLENT ACTION. THIS WOULD APPLY ESPECIALLY TO

ISSUES WHICH COULD BE INTERPRETED AS AFFRONTING THE CHINESE

GOVERNMENT AND WHICH COULD BE EXPLOITED AS A PRETEXT FOR INVOLVING

CHINA'S NATIONAL PRIDE IN THE LOCAL STRUGGLE.

27.ANTI-BRITISH PROPAGANDA HAS CONTINUED IN THE COMMUNIST PRESS. THERE

WAS A PARTICULARLY STRONG REACTION TO THE ACTION OF THE HONG KONG

AUTHORITIES IN RAIDING A COMMUNIST CONTROLLED SCHOOL AFTER ONE OF ITS STUDENTS HAD BEEN BADLY WOUNDED BY A BOMB THAT HE HAD HIMSELF

PLANTED. THE GENERAL TREND OF THE COMMUNIST PRESS SUGGESTS THAT -

INDUSTRIAL AND SOCIAL GRIEVANCES MAY BE MADE THE BROAD THEME OF

*AGITATION IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE.

3. THE BRITISH INSPECTOR OF POLICE ABDUCTED ON 14TH OCTOBER IS STILL REPORTED TO BE HELD AT THE PUBLIC SECURITY BUREAU AT SHAM CHUN ON THE CHINESE SIDE OF THE BORDER. ALTHOUGH THE BORDER HAS REMAINED COMPARATIVELY QUIET, THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAVE PROTESTED AT THE CLOSING OF THE MAN KAM TO BRIDGE (CLOSED FOLLOWING THE INSPECTOR'S ABDUCTION) AND LOCAL BROADCASTS HAVE THREATENED VIOLENT

ACTION IF THE BRIDGE REMAINS CLOSED.

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