EN CLAIR
PEKING
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FOREIGN OFFICE
9 AUGUST 1968
TELNO 732
UNCLASSIFIED
RECEIVED IN
ARCHIVES No. 63 12 AUG1968
HWA 9/12
ADDSD TO FO TEL NO 732 OF 9 AUGUST RFI HONG KONG.
CHUNG WAH SCHOOL.
NCNA OF & AUGUST CARRIES AN ARTICLE (NO.000701) ENTITLED
''PATRIOTIC CHINESE IN HONG KONG ACCLAIM STATEMENT OF KWANGTUNG
COMMITTEE''.
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ARTICLE SAYS THAT PATRIOTIC CHINESE IN HONG KONG AND
KOWLOON SUPPORT THE 3 AUGUST STATEMENT BY THE KWANGTUNG
STRUGGLE COMMITTEE. JUOTE THEY SAID THEY WOULD TAKE CONCRETE
ACTIONS TO REBUFF THE NEW OUTRAGE COMMITTED BY HONG KONG BRITISH
IMPERIALISTS UNQUOTE. THE HONG KONG STRUGGLE COMMITTEE HELD A
MEETING ON AUGUST 4 AT WHICH A SPOKESMAN CALLED THE STATEMENT
QUOTE A SERIOUS WARNING BY THE CHINESE PEOPLE TO THE HONG KONG
BRITISH AUTHORITIES UNQUOTE,. COMPATRIOTS WERE DETERMINED TO
QUOTE LIVE UP TO THE EXPECTATION OF THE PEOPLE OF OUR MOTHERLAND
AND LAUNCH A RESOLUTE COUNTER-ATTACK AGAINST THE NEW PROVOCATION
COUN
BY BRITISH IMPERIALISTS IN HONG KONG UNQUOTE.
3.
STUDENTS, SCHOLARS TRADE UNIONS AND RESIDENTS HELD MEETINGS
AND ISSUED STATEMENTS ON 4 AND 5 AUGUST. SUOTE ON THE MORNING
OF THE 5TH BIG SLOGANS APPEARED ON THE WALLS OF MANY STREETS,
BUILDINGS OF THE HONG KONG BRITISH AUTHORITIES AND US BANKS
IN HONG KONG AND KOWLOON
CHINESE COMPATRIOTS DISTRIAUTED LEAFLETS AND CARTOONS IN HEAVILY
POPULATED AREAS. A BIG SLOGAN OVER 10 METERS LONG WAS SEEN
HANGING FROM A SUILDING IN A RESETTLEMENT AREA UNQUOTE.
THE ARTICLE GOES ON TO SAY THAT 60 HOUSES IN NORTH POINT AND
CHAI WAN WERE PAINTED WITH SLOGANS ABOUT REINSTATEMENT, CHUNG
WAH AND RELEASE OF PRISONERS.
SIR D. HOPSON
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