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HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO. 2036 TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

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2. AVAILABLE INTELLIGENCE CONTINUES TO SHOW THAT LOCAL COMMUNIST

LEADERS STILL WISH TO AVOID ANY OPEN CLASH WITH GOVERNMENT DURING THE

NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATIONS. AN ORGANISED FIREWORK DISPLAY WOULD BE

LIKELY TO LEAD TO SUCH A CONFRONTATION, BUT IT MAY BE THAT THE MORE

MILITANT ELEMENTS HOPE TO PERSUADE THEIR LEADERS THAT GOVERNMENT WILL

BE RELUCTANT TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST A C.P.G. VESSEL OR INDEED FROM

A C.P.G. BUILDING AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A DEFIANCE OF THE BAN, IF

ONLY A TOKEN ONE, STILL EXISTS.

CO PLEASE PASS CANBERRA AND WASHINGTON.

SIR D. TRENCH

/REPEATED AS REQUESTED/

PASSED TO CABINET OFFICE/

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C.O.

H.K.DEPT.

P.A.D.

1.R.D.

F.E. & P.D.

DEFENCE DEPT.

MR. MASON

SIR A. GALSWORTHY

P.S. TO LORD SHEPHERD

F.E.D.

F.0.

O.L.A.

O.P.A. P.U.S.D.

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