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HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO. 1678 TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

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2. POLICE ACTION AGAINST COMMUNIST TARGETS CONTINUED ON A SOMEWHAT

REDUCED SCALE, MAINLY IN CONNECTION WITH ARRESTS OF BOMB PLANTERS.

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A BOMB MANUFACTURING CENTRE WAS DISCOVERED. AT THE PREMISES OF THE

COMMUNIST CONTROLLED PLUMBERS' UNION AND FOUR MEMBERS OF THIS UNION,

INCLUDING AN OFFICE BEARER, WERE ARRESTED. RAIDS WERE CARRIED OUT INCLU IN THE NEW TERRITORIES IN SEARCH OF THREE MEN WHO SEIZED A SERVICE REVOLVER FROM A POLICE CONSTABLE IN YUEN LONG MARKET ON 6 NOVEMBER..

A NUMBER OF SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN DETAINED BUT THE REVOLVER HAS NOT YET

BEEN RECOVERED.

3. THE CAMPAIGN TO IMPROVE MORALE WITHIN COMMUNIST LABOUR CIRCLES

HAS CONTINUED WITH NUMEROUS UNION NETTINGS AT WHICH MEMBERS HAVE

BEEN URGED TO ATTEND TWICE WEEKLY STUDY GROUPS, TO SUPPORT THE

'DOLLAR CAMPAIGN AND TO DEVOTE THEMSELVES TO UNITED FRONT WORK.

AT ONE MEETING THE UNION CHAIRMAN OUTLINED A DIRECTIVE HE ALLEGED HAD BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE ALL CIRCLES ANTI-PERSECUTION STRUGGLE COMMITTEE CA.C.A.P.S.C.), WHICH STATED THAT A SUPPLY OF POWERFUL

BOMBS WAS AVAILABLE FOR USE AGAINST EUROPEANS BUT THAT FURTHER

CLASHES WITH CHINESE POLICEMEN AND INJURIES TO COMPATRIOTS

SHOULD BE AVOIDED. AT A MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE

FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS (F.T.U.) AFFILIATED UNION REPRESENTATIVES WERE INFORMED THAT PROPAGANDA AIMED AT PORTRAYING GOVERNMENT AS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HIGH LEVEL OF UNEMPLOYMENT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT

ASPECT OF THE CURRENT DOLLAR CAMPAIGN

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IT WAS STATED THAT

PROPAGANDA SHOULD ALSO BE DIRECTED AT SUBVERTING CHINESE POLICE.

4. POLITICAL ACTIVITY IN COMMUNIST CONTROLLED SCHOOLS HAS INCREASED

FOLLOWING MAO'S CALL FOR EDUCATIONAL REFORM IN CHINA AND THE ISSUE

OF SEVENTEEN PRINCIPLES BY THE A.C.A.P.S.C... ALMOST HALF THE

INSTRUCTIONAL PERIODS IN THE COMMUNIST SCHOOLS ARE CURRENTLY DEVOTED

TO POLITICAL STUDY AND TO MAINTAINING THE STUDENTS' 'REVOLUTIONARY FERVOUR. NORMAL. LESSONS ARE BEING DISRUPTED, BY THE STUDY OF MAO'S

WORKS AND BY REHEARALS OF POLITICAL PLAYS TO BE STAGED BY STUDENTS

AT TWO COMMUNIST THEATRES DURING LATE NOVEMBER. THE SCRIPTS OF

THESE PERFORMANCES INCLUDE. REFRENCES TO CONFRONTATION IN INDONESIA

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