TNAG-0015-FCO40-51-Kowloon-disturbances-1967 — Page 61

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IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (D.T.I.)

elno 1652 6 November, 1967

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Addressed to C.0. telegram No. 1652 of 6 November Repeated for information to:- PA Singapore, Washington and

HC Canberra.

For Commonwealth Office and Cabinet Office for JIC.

Following from LIC.

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Weekly assessment of the situation as at 6 November 0600 hours follows in two parts. (Part 1 only for Canberra).

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(a) Marked increase in bomb incidents aimed at disrupting

'Hong Kong week' 168 genuine and 472 'hoax' bombs were reported. 7 bombs exploded on impact or prior to the arrival of bomb teams causing the death of a senior Inspector of Police and injuries to 6 Police Officers, an Army Office and 26 civilians.

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An upsurge of short lived demonstrations and incidents some staged for propaganda purposes and others spontaneous. On 31 October 2 Police Officers searching a suspect outside the Communist Commercial Press premises in Victoria were attacked by a crowd from the building. The suspect was shot and wounded and 14 persons arrested, all of whom are employed by CPG owned Pub- lishing Companies and the China Travel Service (telegram No. 1652 refers). On 1 November 900 con- frontation prisoners staged a demonstration in Stanley Prison (telegram No. 1625 refers). On the same day students from the Heung To Middle School displayed banners on bicycles in a main road in Kowloon and 52 students and a teacher from this school were later arrested during an incident with the police (tele gram No. 1625 refers). On 3 November, small demonstrations were staged at two Magistrates Courts when the Communist employees and the Heung To students appeared to answer charges, and on 4 November wives of prisoners convicted for confrontation offences demonstrated outside Stanley Prison. A minor street demonstration by workers and students took place in Kowloon on 5 November but dis- persed before the arrival of police.

(c) An incident at Man Kam To on 30 October during which a

group of civilians from Chinese territory (CT) attempted to remove the bridge barricade and stick grenades were thrown into British territory. Security forces used phorous smoke grenades on two occasions (telegram 1596 refers).

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