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IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
SECRET
TELEGRAM NO. 476
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TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
16 APRIL 1968
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ADDRESSED CO TELEGRAM NO. 476 OF 16TH APRIL REPLATED PA SINGAPORE,
PEKING, WASHINGTON, AND HC CANBERRA.
FOR COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AND CABINET OFFICE FOR JIC,
FOLLOWING FROM LIC-
WEEKLY ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION AS AT 0600 HOURS 15TH APRIL
1968 FOLLOWS IN TWO PANTS (PART 1 ONLY FOR CANBERRA AND PEKING).. PART 1.
THE PRINCIPAL FEATURES OF THE PERIOD HAVE BEEN?
(A) FURTHER COMMUNIST UNION MEETINGS (ONCERNING RETURN TO
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WORK' BY DISMISSED 'STRIKERS'. AT A MEETING OF THE MAJOR COMMUNIST TRANSPORT UNION MEMBERS WERE TOLD THAT ALTHOUGH EN BLOC RE-INSTATEMENT OF 'STRIKERS' WAS UNLIKELY, THE RE- EMPLOYMENT OF EVEN A FEW OF THEM, AS VACANCIES OCCURRED, WOULD REPRESENT A 'VICTORY' SINCE, IN TIME, THE UNION WOULD THUS BE ABLE TO REGAIN 'CONTROL' OF THE COMPANIES CONCERNED CIN THIS CASE THE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY). THIS LINE WAS
PUT OVER ALSO TO MEMBERS. OF A UNION OF DOCKWORKERS WHO WERE TOLD TOO THAT 'THE QUESTION OF RE-INSTATEMENT WAS A MATTER FOR SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THE UK GOVERNMENT AND THE CPG'. THREE COMPANIES REJECTED APPROACHES BY DELEGATIONS FROM COMMUNIST UNIONS SEEKING RE-EMPLOYMENT OF THEIR MEMBERS SEMICOLON
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(B) AN APPARENT LOWERING OF MORALE AMONG STRIKERS' ARISING FROM ATTEMPTS BY THEIR LEADERS TO PERSUADE THEM OF THE EFFICACY OF THE COMMUNIST 'RETURN TO WORK POLICY. MEMBERS OF THE TWO MAJOR UNIONS OF DOCKWORKERS INFERRED THAT 'REVISIONISM AND CORRUPTION'
WERE THE TRUE REASONS BEHIND THE DIRECTIVE AND UNION OFFICIALS EVADED DIRECT ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS REGARDING FUTURE FINANĊIAL ASSISTONCE. 'STRIKERS' IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY WHO COMPLAINED ABOUT A REDUCTION IN 'STRIKE ALLOWANCES' FOR THOSE STILL UNEMPLOYED WERE INFORMED
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