TNAG-0065-FCO40-101-Local-intelligence-reports-1968 — Page 97

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OVER THE CHINESE NEW YEAR PERIOD: THE GIFTS OF CASH AND FOOD AND

OFFERS OF ASSISTANCE MADE DURING THESE VISITS MAY WELL PERSUADE

FORMER MEMBERS OF CONMUNIST UNIONS TO RETURN TO THE FOLD. AT THE SAME TIME THE INCREASING HOSTILITY OF COMMUNIST REPRESENTATIVES

VISITING GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, ALTHOUGH SO FAR RESTRAINED, SUGGESTS

AN INCREASE, BOTH IN SIZE AND MILITANCY, OF THESE DELEGATIONS IN

THE FUTURE. IT SEEMS LIKELY ALSO THAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS, PARTIC-

ULARLY THOSE WHICH CONTAIN COMMUNIST TRADE UNION REPRESENTATION,

WILL BE SINGLED OUT FOR FUTURE VISITS.

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SO FAR, PLA AND CPG BORDER AUTHORITIES HAVE IGNORED THE RECENT

PAINTING OF OFFENSIVE SLOGANS ON THE SHUNTING ENGINE DURING ITS

VISITS TO CT. IT IS NOT CLEAR WHETHER THIS INDICATES APPROVAL OR

AN UNWILLINGNESS TO INTERFERE WITH WHAT COULD BE REPRESENTED AS

'GOOD ANTI IMPERIALIST ACTIVITY'. CERTAINLY A SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT

TO PREVENT THE ENGINE CROSSING THE BORDER WOULD INDICATE OFFICIAL

APPROVAL OF THE ACTION OF THE WORKERS CONCERNED.

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