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ADDRESSED COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AS MY TELEGRAM NO. 539 DATED 29TH
APRIL RFI PA SINGAPORE, PEKING, WASHINGTON, AND CANBERRA.
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FOR COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AND CABINET OFFICE FOR J.1.C.
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WEEKLY ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION AS AT 06.00 HOURS 29TH APRIL 1968 FOLLOWS. THE PRINCIPAL FEATURES OF THE WEEK HAVE BEEN:
CAD TWO INCIDENTS ON HONG KONG ISLAND ON THE 22ND APRIL INVOLVING HARASSMENT OF POLICE BY COMMUNIST SUPPORTERS. IN ONE A DRIVER
EMPLOYED BY A COMMUNIST NEWSPAPER WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE AND A SMALL
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GROUP FROM A COMMUNIST WORKERS' CANTEEN MANHANDLED A POLICE CONSTABLE WHO WAS TAKING SUMMONS ACTION AGAINST THE DRIVER. IN THE
OTHER A POLICE CONSTABLE WAS INJURED WITH AN IRON BAR WHEN ATTEMPT- ING TO ARRAST A HAWKER AND POLICE REINFORCEMENTS WERE SUBJECTED TO MINOR STONE THROWING FROM NEARBY ROOFTOPS, APPARENTLY THE WORK OF COMMUNIST SUPPORTERS IN THE AREA WHO ALSO UNSUCCESSFULLY
ATTEMPTED TO INCITE A SMALL CROWD OF ONLOOKERS. (THIS RELATIVELY MINOR INCIDENT RECEIVED EXAGGERATED PROMINENCE IN THE LOCAL NON-
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COMMUNIST PRESS). THE ASSAILANT, A KNOWN COMMUNIST SUPPORTER, WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ARRESTED.
(B) VISITS BY 13 SMALL COMMUNIST DELEGATIONS TO GOVERNMENT DEPART- MENTS CONCERNING REINSTATEMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT AND 'GIFT RICE':
3 WERE NOISY. TWO DELEGATIONS TO POLICE HEADQUARTERS AND ONE TO THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT DEMANDED THE RELEASE OF PRISONERS.
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