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cultural revolution in China and more

particularly during 1967, political

indoctrination in these schools has been

greatly intensified, and their major purpose

has become that of breeding rebellion and

hatred of the authorities. The extra mural

activities of pupils at these schools during

the latter part of 1967 were a clear

indication of the effect of their classroom

indoctrination: between 1 September and

28 November, 1967, 112 of their pupils were

arrested for such offences as possession of

offensive weapons, of real or fake bombs, or

of inflammatory posters; forming part of

intimidating assemblies;

and obstructing the

police in the performance of their duties.

Indeed, one of the leading communist schools

in Hong Kong, the Chung Wah School, was

de-registered by the authorities on 14 August,

1968 for having been implicated in activities

of this kind.

Recent developments:

4. The Governor reported early in August

(Hong Kong telegram No. 976) that the

communists had recently announced plans for

opening some twenty-five new branch and

extension schools. At the end of August he

reported (Hong Kong telegram No. 1032) that

public apprehension was building up at the

Government's generally lenient attitude towards

communist schools. The matter had been twice

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