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HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO.1065 TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
2. THE FORMATION OF THE LAST TWO REVOLUTIONARY COMMITTEES IN CHINA
NO DOUBT REGARDED BY THE LOCAL COMMUNIST HIERARCHY AS AN OPPORTUNE
MOMENT TO RALLY SUPPORT AND TO ATTEMPT TO DEMONSTRATE THE UNITY OF
THE COMMUNIST MOVEMENT IN HONG KONG, THE WIDESPREAD CELEBRATIONS
AND PUBLICITY MARKING THIS EVENT WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL
DAYS AND WILL BE USED, IN CONJUNCTION WITH PREPARATIONS FOR THE
NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATIONS, TO DIVERT THE ATTENTION OF THE COMMUNIST
RANK AND FILE FROM THEIR GENERAL LACK OF SUCCESS IN CONFRONTATION,
IT SEEMS UNLIKELY THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL, IN ITSELF, BRING
ABOUT ANY CHANGE IN CHINA'S CURRENT POLICY REGARDING THE COLONY,
FO PLEASE PASS ROUTINE
SIR D.TRENCH
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C.O.
H.K.D.
P.A.D.
I.R.D.
F.O.
CANBERRA AND WASHINGTON.
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED ALSO TO CABINET OFFICE]
F.E. & P.D.
DEFENCE DEPT,
MR. MASON
SIR A. GALSWORTHY
P.S. LORD SHEPHERD
F.E.D.
O.L.A.
O.P.A.
P.U.S.D.
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