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HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO. 476 TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
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(H) THE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ENTERING THE COLONY
REMAINED RELATIVELY SMALL, A TOTAL OF 17 BEING ARRESTED DURING
THE WEEK..
2. ON THE 9TH APRIL, POLICE SEARCHED A NUMBER OF ADDRESSES IN MANG KUNG UK VILLAGE, SAI KUNG, AND ARRESTED THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE LOCAL A.P.S.C.. A NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS OF INTELLIGENCE INTEREST WERE SEIZED. THIS BODY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR INCITING TROUBLE AMONGST STUDENTS OF A NEARBY PUBLIC SCHOOL LEADING TO ITS. CLOSURE ON 14TH MARCH, THE A.P.S.C. CHAIRMAN EVADED ARREST AND IS NOW IN HIDING, THUS LARGELY REMOVING HIS INFLUENCE FROM THE AREA. THIS ACTION SHOULD HAVE A SALUTARY EFFECT UPON THE PRO-COMMUNIST ELEMENTS IN THE AREA. AND IT IS HOPED, ENABLE THE SCHOOL TO BE RE-OPENED IN THE NEAR FUTURE,
3. THE STATEMENT MADE AT A MEETING
THE MOTOR TRANSPORT
WORKERS' UNION AND THE KOWLOON DOCKWORKERS AMALGAMATED UNION INDICATE THAT THE COMMUNIST LEADERS NOW REALIZE THEY HAVE LITTLE CHANCE OF OBTAINING MASS RE-INSTATEMENT FOR 'STRIKERS' AND CONSEQUENTLY ARE PREPARED TO SETTLE FOR RE-EMPLOYMENT OF THEIR MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY SO AS TO FORM A BASE FOR ULTIMATELY
REGAINING 'CONTROL OF THE VARIOUS TRANSPORT AND UTILITY COMPANIES CONCERNED, WHILE THE 'STRIKERS' MAY BE PREPARED TO ACCEPT THIS POLICY SO LONG AS THEIR STRIKE PAY CONTINUES, ANY ATTEMPT BY THE UNIONS TO STOP OR REDUCE THEIR MONEY WILL PROBABLY MEET WITH A HOSTILE RECEPTION, (SEE PARAGRAPH 1CB) ABOVE). THE CONTINUED REFERENCE TO RE-INSTATEMENT BEING A MATTER FOR SETTLEMENT BETWEEN U.K. AND PEKING COULD INDICATE THAT UNION OFFICIALS ARE ATTEMPTING TO ABSOLVE THEMSELVES FROM MAKING MORE THAN NOMINAL ATTEMPTS IN THIS DIRECTION. THERE ARE CLEAR INDICATIONS
·THAT · IN A NUMBER OF COMMUNIST UNIONS, MEMBERS ARE LOSING FAITH IN THEIR LEADERS, AND THIS IS NO DOUBT THE REASON FOR THE F.T.U. DIRECTIVE REGARDING ATTENDENCE AT INDOCTRINATION SESSIONS ON
THE SUBJECT.
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