CONFIDENTIAL
CYPHER CAT A
IMMEDIATE
COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TO MAURITIUS
TELNO 172
4 JUNE 1968
(EAD)
266
CONFIDENTIA L. UK EYES ONLY.
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE FROM P.U.S.
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FOLLOWING IS ROUND-UP OF DEVELOPMENTS OVER THE WEEKEND.
YOU WILL HAVE RECEIVED SEPARATE TELEGRAM FROM MINISTER OF STATE ABOUT RHODESIA.
NIGER! A.
2. BIAFRAN DELEGATION TO KAMPALA TALKS MADE COVERT CONTACT WITH THE DEPARTMENT IN LONDON ON SUNDAY. WE ARE TELEGRAPHING SEPARATELY ACCOUNT OF DISCUSSION.
3. IN MEANTIME CARDINAL HEENAN HAS PUBLICLY ATTACKED BRITISH
QUOTE SUPPLY UNQUOTE OF ARMS TO NIGERIA AND THERE HAS BEEN CRITICISM IN LONDON QUOTE TIMES UNQUOTE OF MINISTERS FOR NOT HAVING TALKED TO BOTH SIDES.
HONG KONG,
AN INCIDENT OCCURRED ON 29 MAY IN VICINITY OF RAIL CROSSING AT LO WU ON HONG KONG/CHINA FRONTIER. PARTY OF HONG KONG POLICE HAD BEEN FIRING GAS SHELLS ON PRACTICE RANGE ABOUT 1,200 YARDS SOUTH OF BORDER. STRONG WIND HAD DISPERSED GAS WHICH HAD EVIDENTLY AFFECTED PERSONS FROM CHINESE TERRITORY WORKING FIELDS IN BRITISH TERR! ROTY CROWDS OF BETWEEN 200
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500 PICKETED LO WU POLICE POST AND RAILWAY STATION AND MINOR STONE THROWING INCIDENTS OCCURRED. DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUED THROUGHOUT NIGHT AND WERE DISPERSED EARLY MORNING 30 MAY BY SECURITY FORCES USING TEAR GAS. SITUATION HAS SINCE BEEN QUIET. LOCAL CHINESE BORDER AUTHORITIES LODGED PROTEST AT MEETING WITH POLITICAL ADVISER ON 1 JUNE. THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT THAT INCIDENT WAS SPONTANEOUS AND THERE IS NO EVIDENCE WHATEVER THAT C.P.G. WISH TO TREAT IT AS ANYTHING OTHER THAN A
PURELY LOCAL AFFAIR.
HONG KONG STERLING.
5. THE ANNOUNCEMENTS WERE MADE ON 1 JUNE OF THE NEW ARRANGEMENT
UNDER WHICH UP TO HALF OF HONG KONG'S OFFICIAL RESERVES (WITH
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