CYPHER/CAT A
PRIORITY HONG KONG
TEL NO 1076
SECRET
SECRET
TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
13 SEPTEMBER 1968
TO
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ADDRESSED CO TELNO 1076 OF 13TH SEPTEMBER RFI PEKING.
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MY TELEGRAM 1067 : COMMUNIST SCHOOLS.
OF THE 25 NEW BRANCH OR EXTENSION SCHOOLS MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS
REPORTS, 21 ARE NOW KNOWN TO BE OPERATING:
CAD 4 HAVE BEEN REGISTERED:
(B) 6 ARE OPERATING AND HAVE SUBMITTED FORMAL APPLICATIONS FOR
REGISTRATION WHICH ARE NOW BEING PROCESSED:
(C) 8 ARE OPERATING, HAVE PREVIOUSLY NOTIFIED EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
OF THEIR DESIRE TO DO SO, BUT HAVE NOT YET RETURNED THEIR APPLIC-
ATION FORMS TO EDUCATION DEPARTMENT:
(D) 2 ARE IN OPERATION BUT HAVE NOT YET NOTIFIED EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF THEIR DESIRE TO OPERATE:
(E) 1 IS IN OPERATION BUT HAS HAD ITS FORMAL APPLICATION REJECTED
BY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT BECAUSE IT IS LOCATED OVER A DANGEROUS
GOODS STORE CHON WAH CABERDEEN)):
(F) 4 HAVE NOT STARTED TO OPERATE AND HAVE NOT NOTIFIED EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF THEIR DESIRE TO DO SO.
2. THERE IS NO SIGN OF MORE NEW BRANCH OR EXTENSION SCHOOLS
BEING PLANNED AT PRESENT. THE COMMUNISTS APPEAR TO HAVE JUST
ABOUT REACHED THEIR TARGET FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.
3. THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN ATTENDING THE NEW SCHOOLS IS VERY
ROUGHLY ESTIMATED AT 7,280. THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
CHILDREN IN COMMUNIST SCHOOLS TO ABOUT 27,500. TOTAL SCHOOL
ATTENDANCE AT PRESENT IS ROUGHLY 1,140,000. ENROLMENT IN COMMUNIST
SCHOOLS IS THEREFORE ABOUT 2.4% COMPARED WITH ABOUT 1.9% LAST
YEAR, BUT I MUST EMPHASISE THAT ALL THESE FIGURES ARE PROVISIONAL
ESTIMATES.
FO PLEASE PASS PRIORITY PEKING.
SIR D. TRENCH
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