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HONG KONG TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (DTD)
9 December 1967
Addressed to Peking telegram No. 658 of 9 December. Repeated for information to Commonwealth Office.
Your telegram No. 162.
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Facts are that at 2010 on 5 December a police party observed that traffic was being held up outside the Nanyang Theatre by two objects on the tram tracks. The area was cordoned off in the interests of safety and when the bomb disposal team arrived they dragged the objects off the tram tracks and away from the main road. The objects were then surrounded by sandbags and detonated. No damage of any description was caused to buildings, motor vehicles or persons. As it happens the place of detonation was near the Nanyang Theatre and the New China News Agency Building. The police report that there was no difficulty whatsoever in keeping the area clear of people and no incidents of any sort arose. No repeat no) chemical mace was used. We are quite convinced therefore that this protest is entirely without foundation and is an attempt by certain local elements to create trouble for obvious reasons.
C.0. pass Priority Peking No. 658.
Sir D. Trench
[Repeated as requested]
DEPARTMENTAL DISTRIBUTION
C.O. H.K. Dept.
I. & G. Dept.
News Dept.
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J.I.P.G.D. News Dept. O.L.A. O.P.A.
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