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3. ON 15TH AND 16TH JUNE THE PLAYGROUND WAS LOCKED AT ABOUT

1800 EACH NIGHT AND REOPENED THE NEXT DAY WITHOUT INCIDENT. SINCE

17 JUNE IT HAS REMAINED UNLOCKED AND TROUBLEFREE.

4. A POINT OF NOTE IS THE NUMBER OF MALCONTENTS, ALMOST CERTAINLY

NOT COMMUNISTS, WHO TOOK PART IN THE DISTURBANCES. OBVIOUSLY THE

PLAYGROUND HAD BECOME A MAGNET FOR UNRULY ELEMENTS.

5. SEE ALSO MY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING TELEGRAM.

FO PLEASE PASS IMMEDIATE PEKING AS MYTEL 297 AND PA SINGAPORE

CROUTINE) AS MYTEL 117,

SIR D.TRENCH

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