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FOLLOWING IS SENT TO YOU FOR ONWARD TRANSMISSION PRIORITY TO
GOVERNOR HONG KONG.
2498 llen
P 071645Z
FM JIC LONDON
TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG
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A SECRET
JICTEL 887
DATED 7/12/67
FOR SECRETARY LIC (HK) FROM SECRETARY JIC
THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXTRACT FROM THE WEEKLY SURVEY OF INTELLIGENCE DATED 7/12/67.
HONG KONG (SECRET)
1. BOMB INCIDENTS HAVE DECREASED. A COMMUNIST SCHOOL HAS BEEN CLOSED FOLLOWING CONFIRMATION THAT BOMBS WERE BEING MADE ON THE PREMISES. THE HEADMASTER, WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE ALL CIRCLES ANTI-PERSECUTION STRUGGLE COMMITTEE, HAS BEEN ARRESTED. FOUR OTHER COMMUNIST SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN SEARCHED, RESULTING IN THE DISCOVERY OF A NUMBER OF HOAX BOMBS, A SMALL QUANTITY OF EXPLOSIVE POWDER AND IMITATION FIREARMS. THE COMMUNIST PRESS HAS REACTED BY CONDEMNING THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT FOR +FASCIST SUPPRESSION+, AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY VARIOUS ANTI-PERSECUTION STRUGGLE COMMITTEES HAVE CALLED ON +PATRIOTIC+ STUDENTS AND WORKERS TO LAUNCH +PERSISTENT COUNTER-ATTACKS+ AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT. ON 6TH DECEMBER LEADING COMMUNIST SCHOOLS STOPPED NORMAL LESSONS FOR
THE DAY IN PROTEST AGAINST GOVERNMENT +PERSECUTION+.
2. THE CLAIM BY THE LOCAL COMMUNIST PRESS THAT HONG KONG AUTHORITIES GAVE WAY TO CHINESE DEMANDS IN THE RECENT NEGOTIATIONS ON BORDER PROBLEMS IS PROBABLY PARTLY DESIGNED TO BOOST LOCAL COMMUNIST MORALE FOLLOWING THE ACTION TAKEN AGAINST COMMUNIST SCHOOLS. THERE HAS, HOWEVER, BEEN NO CRITICISM OF THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES IN THE RIGHT WING OR NEUTRAL PRESS, IN WHICH THE BORDER AGREEMENTS HAVE
BEEN WELCOMED.
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