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Telegram No. 1534
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(D.T.D.)
16 OCT1963 October, 1967
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Addressed to Commonwealth Office telegram No. 1534 of 16 October 9
Repeated for information to POLAD Singapore, Washington and Canberra.
For Commonwealth Office and Cabinet Office for J.I.C. Following from L.I.C.
Weekly assessment of the situation as at 160600Z hours follows in two parts. (Part One only for Canberra).
Part 1.
The principal features of the Communist confrontation during the period have been: -
a) The relative failure of the fisherman's strike which continued on 9 and 10 October. Landings of fish were reduced by 50% but prices remained steady and no incon- venience was caused to consumers. (Telegram No. 1513 refers).
b) A resurgence of sporadic street demonstrations by small groups of students and workers who invariably dispersed on arrival of police, leaving behind real and 'hoax" bombs. In addition to widespread and large scale planting of bombs, there have been a number of instances of explosives being thrown at police patrols and military bomb disposal squads. The first of these outbreakds coincided with the arrival in the Colony of Lord Shepherd and have continued thereafter. 185 genuine bombs and 389 'hoax' bombs were reported.
18. of these exploded on impact or before the arrival of bomb teams and caused the death of a police constable and a civilian: injuries were sustained by ten police officers, four military personnel and forty five civilians. Twenty Communists were arrested for planting bombs. Two were shot and injured resisting arrest. Two terrorists were killed and one seriously injured by the premature explosion of their own. bombs.
c) A directive issued to Communist Trade Unions on. 9 October by the Chairman of the All Circles Anti Persecution Struggle Committee calling on Union members to attend a mass rally in memory of "martyrs" killed during confrontation. This rally, originally scheduled for
12 October but later postponed to an unspecified date, is intended to be held simultaneously at a number of Communist premises. Admission will be by ticket only.
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d) A number of incidents in the border area. 11 October at Man Kam To, a Hong Kong resident who accidentally detonated a military mine was taken into C. T. for treatment. Later the same day a civilian from a B.T.. village was kidnapped and taken to C.T. by four Chinese
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