CONFIDENTIAL
INWARD TELEGRAM
TO THE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
(The Secretary of State) o
FROM HONG KONG (0.A.G.)
Cypher
D. 8 July, 1967.
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CONFIDENTIAL
No. 98
Addressed to Commonwealth Office
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Peking No.393,
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POLAD Singapore No.222, and Washington No. 215
(S. of S. please pass to Peking,
Singapore and Washington).
My immediately preceding telegram.
Sha Tau Kok incident.
Troops have now relieved police post without necessity of opening fire. They and police are jointly occupying Sha Tau Kok (British territory) and a curfew is in force.
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Police casualties are 5 dead
2 Pakistanis and Police were forced
3 Chinese; wounded number about a dozen. in early stages of attack to open fire; it is not yet known for certain whether any casualties were suffered by attackers.
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After troops' arrival in Sha Tau Kok a party of villagers with some uniformed men was seen disappearing in the direction of Ying Tin on north coast of Mirs Bay in Chinese territory.
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The incident appears to have been mounted by militant villagers, some of whom may have been People's Militia. The pro-communist Hong Kong Evening News in commenting on the incident (see my immediately following telegram) said that militia crossed the border to give assistance to the villagers and fired on the police. This admission of militia intervention and crossing by them of the border, together with the fact that some fire at least is reported to have come from across the border appears to merit an immediate protest in Peking which I hope will be made.
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