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HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO. 539 TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
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2. ON THE 26TH APRIL POLICE SEARCHED THREE PREMISES AT MANG KANG UK:
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VILLAGE, SAI KUNG, AND SEIZED A NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE ACTIVITIES OF THE VILLAGE ANTI-PERSECUTION STRUGGLE COMMITTEE CPARAGRAPH 2 OF TELEGRAM 506 REFERS). THERE WERE NO ARRESTS.
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3. ALTHOUGH AN INCREASING NUMBER OF 'STRIKERS' VISITED FORMER EMPL-
OYERS DURING THE WEEK THEIR WELL DISCIPLINED MANNER SUGGESTS THAT UNION LEADERS ARE AWARE OF THE DANGER OF AN INCIDENT OCCURING AND SO FAR ARE EXERCISING FIRM CONTROL. HOWEVER IF, AS SEEMS LIKELY,
THEY CONTINUE THEIR PRESSURE ON EMPLOYERS THEY WILL HAVE TO MAINTAIN A FINE LINE BETWEEN LEGITIMATE AGITATION TO OBTAIN THEIR JOBS BACK
AND INTIMIDATORY TACTICS WHICH WILL BRING THEM INTO COLLISION WITH
THE LAW AND LESSEN WHAT SLIM HOPES THEY MAY HAVE, IN THE EYES OF THE MANAGEMENTS CONCERNED, OF REGAINING ANY OF THEIR FORMER
POSITIONS.
4. THERE APPEARS TO BE A GENERAL LACK OF EMPHASIS ON THE CELEBRATION
OF 1ST MAY BY THE LOCAL COMMUNIST MOVEMENT THIS YEAR. NEVERTHELESS, IT IS EXPECTED THAT THESE FUNCTIONS WILL BE WELL ATTENDED BY HARD-
CORE MEMBERS. WITH THE CURRENT COMMUNIST POLICY OF NON-VIOLENCE, CLASHES BETWEEN THEM AND RIGHT WING LABOUR SUPPORTERS APPEAR UNLIKELY HOWEVER, THERE WILL PROBABLY BE AN AIR OF TENSION DURING THE DAY AND
THERE IS ALWAYS THE POSSIBILITY THEREFORE THAT MILITANTS FROM EITHER SIDE COULD PROVOKE AN INCIDENT.
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