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PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 224
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TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
21 FEBRUARY 1968
ADDRESSED PEKING MTEL. NO. 72. OF 21ST FEBRUARY.
WEEKLY ASSESSMENT AS AT 190600.
1. ONE GENUINE BOMB, PLANTED APPARENTLY IN DECEMBER, AND ONE
HOAX. NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES.
2. ORDERLY UNION DELEGATIONS TO SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND
RED CROSS TO COMPLAIN ABOUT PRISON CONDITIONS, LIMITED
VISITING HOURS, AND ILL TREATMENT OF VISITORS.
3. WIDE DISTRIBUTION OF ABOUT 1500 NON-INFLAMMATORY POSTERS
ISSUED BY THE F.T.U. INVITING NEEDY RESIDENTS TO REGISTER AT
COMMUNIST UNIONS FOR GIFTS OF RICE. THE AIM APPEARED TO BE
BOTH TO PERSUADE A WIDER SECTION OF THE PUBLIC TO REGISTER
WITH THE UNIONS AND TO ATTRACT MORE SYMPATHY AND SUPPORT SO
AS TO PUT PRESSURE ON GOVERNMENT TO PELIT THE IMPORT AND
DISTRIBUTION OF THE RICE OUTSIDE NORMAL CHANNELS. NO ONE
WAS ARRESTED, THE F.T.U. ALSO INSTRUCTED ALL AFFILIATED
UNIONS TO OBTAIN DETAILS OF ARRESTS, ASSAULTS AND OTHER
GRIEVANCES OF MEMBERS, THEIR RELATIONS AND FRIENDS DURING
CONFRONTATION TO BE USED AS A BASIS FOR FUTURE COMPENSATION
CLAIMS AGAINST GOVERNMENT.
4. THE THREE SUPRESSED PRO-COMMUNIST NEWSPAPERS REPUBLISHED
ON 18TH FEBRUARY, HAVING PAID THEIR FINES AND MADE THEIR
STATUTORY DEPOSITS. THE FIRST EDITIONS TOTALLING 100,000
COPIES FRINTED, CONSISTED MAINLY OF CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES
ADVERTISEMENTS AND NON POLITICAL MATERIAL.
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