CYPHER/CAT A
SECRET
COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (D.T.D.)
4 DECEMBER 1967
IMMEDIATE
HONG KONG ΤΟ
TELNO 1817
SECRET
ADDRESSED TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NO. 1817 OF 4 DECEMBER, REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO POLAD SINGAPORE, WASHINGTON AND CANBERRA,
FOR COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AND CABINET OFFICE, FOR JIC. FOLLOWING
FROM LIC.
WEEKLY ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION AS AT 4TH DECEMBER 0600 HOUR FOLLOWS IN TWO PARTS (PART ONE ANLY FOR CANBERRA).
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PART I:
A) A DECREASE IN THE USE OF GENUINE BOMBS WITH EVIDENCE OF GREATER SELECTIVITY IN THE CHOICE OF TARGETS. 218 HOAX AND 36
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GENUINE BOMBS WERE REPORTED OF WHICH 6 EXPLODED. TWO EXPLOSIONS
IN THE PUBLIC AREA OF KAI TAK AIRPORT CAUSED DAMAGE BUT NO INJURY, BOMBS WERE THROWN AT A POLICE STATION INJURING TWO CIVILIANS AND AT A POLICE PATROL, AN INCENDIARY DEVICE
SENT THROUGH THE POST TO A RIGHT WING NEWSPAPER FAILED TO EXPLODE. A STUDENT ON THE PREMISES OF THE COMMUNIST CONTROLLED CHUNG WAH
#IDDLE SCHOOL WAS SERIOUSLY HURT WHEN EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL HE WAS
PREPARING BLEW UP.
B) A POLICE CONSTABLE ON BEAT DUTY WAS ATTACKED AND STABBED TO
DEATH ON 28TH NOVEMBER BY THREE MEN WHO STOLE HIS SERVICE REVOLVER AND AMMUNITION.
CO DEFIANT AND INFLAMMATORY DENUNCIATION MEETINGS ATTENDED
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BY TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND PARENTS AT A NUMBER OF COMMUNIST CONTROLLED SCHOOLS TO PROTEST AGAINST THE CLOSURE OF THE CHUN WAH SCHOOL, AND THE SEARCHES OF FOUR OTHER SCHOOLS BY POLICE
(TELEGRAMS 1779 AND 1785 REFER). CLASSES WERE SUSPENDED AT SEVERAL .. OF THE SCHOOLS FOR ONE OR TWO DAYS. ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING MADE
BY SENIOR STAFF OF THE CHUNG WAH MIDDLE SCHOOL TO RE-OPEN CLASSES IN THE PREMISES OF OTHER COMMUNIST SCHOOLS. AT A NUMBER OF
MEETINGS,
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