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ANY PLANS BY OTHER COMMUNIST ORGANISATIONS TO CELEBRATE THIS DAY.
A STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE ACAPSC ON 5TH MAY TO MARK THIS
ANNIVERSARY CALLED FOR A PROLONGED STRUGGLE USING MAO'S THOUGHTS
AS THE MAJOR WEAPON.
CD) FIFTY ONE VISITS BY COMMUNIST DELEGATIONS TO GOVERNMENT DEPART-
MENTS AND PRIVATE COMPANIES CONCERNING REINSTATEMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT
AND 'GIFT RICE': SOME WERE LARGER THAN BEFORE AND NOISIER.
(E) FURTHER MEETINGS BY COMMUNIST UNIONS CONCERNING 'RETURN TO
WORK' DURING WHICH IT WAS AGREED TO CONTINUE ATTEMPTS TO INTERVIEW
EMPLOYERS. OFFICIA'S OF THE MAJOR COMMUNIST TRANSPORT UNION INFORMED
OWNER-DRIVERS OF LORRIES AND TAXIS ENGAGED IN 'STRIKE' ACTION THAT
THEY WILL RECEIVE PAYMENTS TO COVER COST OF OVERHAULING THEIR
VEHICLES SO THAT THEY MAY GO BACK ON THE ROAD. HOWEVER HENCEFORTH
THEY WOULD NOT RECEIVE STRIKE ALLOWANCES'.
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(F) PROPAGANDA IN THE COMMUNIST PRESS WITH PROMINENCE GIVEN TO
LAECUR DAY CELEBRATIONS, THE SUCCESS OF THE CANTON TRADE FAIR,
ATTACKS ON GOVERNMENT CONCERNING THE REINSTATEMENT OF WORKERS',
'UNLAWFUL' DETENTION AND USE OF THE COLONY AS A BASE FOR UNITED
STATES AGRESSION IN VIETNAM. A STATEMENT BY THE KWANGTUNG SUPPORT
COMMITTEE ON 4TH MAY DENOUNCING GOVERNMENT FOR 'HAMPERING' THE
IMPORT OF 'GIFT RICE', REFUSING TO DISTRIBUTE WARM CLOTHING TO
PRISONERS AND 'SABOTAGING THE REINSTATEMENT OF STRIKERS WAS GIVEN
HEADLINES.
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CG) THE DISCOVERY OF TWO HOAX BOMBS, ONE ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND
THE OTHER AT TEUEN WAN, AND THE SURRENDER TO POLICE OF 5 GENUINE
BOMBS APPARENTLY DUMPED IN THE NEW TERRITORIES SOME MONTHS AGO,
PROBABLY DECEMBER 1967.
(H) QUIET IN THE BORDER AREA. ON 1ST MAY LABOURERS FROM CHINESE
TERRITORY HELD A SHORT MEETING WITH THEIR COLLEAGUES IN BRITISH
TERRITORY FOLLOWING WHICH THEY PLACED PRO-MAO AND ANTI-IMPERIAL-
IST POSTERS ON A FENCE JUST INSIDE B T.
(D) CONTINUED ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: 25 IMMIGRANTS WERE ARRESTED
DURING THE WEEK. ON 2ND MAY 6 MEMBERS OF A COMMUNE IN C T ENTERED
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