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CYPHER/CAT A

IMMEDIATE HONGKONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER -1722- 1861

TOP

TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

7 DECEMBER 1967.

HW

ECRET ADDRESSED C.0. TELEGRAM 1831 OF 7 DECEMBER REPEATED POLAD

SINGAPORE.

FOR COMMONWEALTH AND CABINET OFFICE FOR J.1.0.

COMMENTARY ON THE SITUATION AS AT 7 DECEMBER 0600 HOURS FOLLOWS,

No UP-DATING ASSESSMENT TELEGRAM 1817:-

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ARRANGEMENTS BY THE SCHOOL AUTHORITIES TO RE-OPEN THE CHUNG WAH

SCHOOL IN THE PREMISES OF OTHER COMMUNIST-CONTROLLED SCHOOLS ARE

GOING AHEAD BUT ONLY TWO-THIRDS OF THE STUDENTS HAVE INDICATED CONTINUED SUPPORT. STATEMENTS IN THE COMMUNIST PRESS AND BY VARIOUS

ANTI-PERSECUTION STRUGGLE COMMITTEES CONTINUE TO CONDEMN THE ACTION

AGAINST THE CHUNG WAH SCHOOL AND ON 6 DECEMBER LEADING COMMUNIST

SCHOOLS STOPPED NORMAL LESSONS FOR THE DAY IN PROTEST AGAINST

GOVERNMENT 'PERSECUTION'. HOWEVER, THE EXPECTED INCREASE IN VIOLENCE

HAS NOT, SO FAR, MATERIALISED AND THE OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION OF

HONG KONG PRODUCTS ON 5 DECEMBER PASSED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

2. ON 6 DECEMBER A STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE 'KWANGTUNG PROVINCIAL

SUPPORT FOR HONG KONG COMPATRIOTS COMMITTEE' DENOUNCING 'INTENSIFIED

PERSECUTION' BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND PLEDGING, SUPPORT FOR THE

LOCAL STRUGGLE WAS GIVEN PROMINENCE IN THE LOCAL COMMUNIST PRESS.

THIS IS OBVIOUSLY DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE LOCAL COMMUNISTS TO CONTINUE

THE STRUGGLE BUT, AS WITH PREVIOUS STATEMENTS BY THIS COMMITTEE,

THERE IS NO INDICATION OF THE FORM THE PLEDGED SUPPORT WILL TAKE.___.

3. YOUR JICTEL 880. ALHTOUGH THERE WERE FEWER TRUE BOMBS THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BOMB REPORTS SO THAT THERE HAS

BEEN LITTLE CHANGE IN THE OVERALL PICTURE. YOUR FIRST SENTENCE

IS THEREFORE MISLEADING.

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RECEIVED IN ARCHIVES No. 63

-7 DEC 1967

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