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SEP 1968 TOP COP
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IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1047
2 SEPTEMBER 1968.
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ADDRESSED CO TELEGRAM NO. 1047 OF 2ND SEPTEMBER REPEATED PA SINGAPORE
WASHINGTON, CANBERRA AND SAVING TO PEKING.
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FOR COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AND CABINET OFFICE FOR JIC. FOLLOWING
FROM LIC WEEKLY ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION AS AT 0600 HOURS
2ND SEPTEMBER, 1968 FOLLOWS. THE PRINCIPAL FEATURES OF THE
PERIOD HAVE BEEN:-
PA.
AG 4.
CAS A CLANDESTINE 'OPENING CEREMONY' FOR THE NEW TERM OF THE
DEREGISTERED CHUNG WAH SCHOOL WHICH WAS HELD AT THE HON WAH
MIDDLE SCHOOL ON 31ST AUGUST. DURING THE CEREMONY', WHICH,
SO FAR, HAS NOT BEEN MENTIONED IN THE COMMUNIST PRESS,
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IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT CLASSES WILL BE RESUMED ON 5TH SEPTEMBER
IN TWO EXISTING COMMUNIST SCHOOLS BUT IT WAS EMPHASISED THAT
STUDENTS ATTENDING THESE CLASSES WILL NOT WEAR CHUNG WAH SCHOOL
UNIFORM CPARAGRAPH 1(B) OF TELEGRAM NO. 1876 OF 1967). IT WAS ALSO
CONFIRMED THAT THE EX-CHUNG WAH BUILDING WILL BECOME A 'PROPAGANDA
CENTRE FOR MAO THOUGHT. CONTINUED DAILY VISITS TO THE EX-SCHOOL
PREMISES BY SMALL 'COMFORT GROUPS' HAVE BEEN ACCORDED ROUTINE
COMMUNIST PRESS COVERAGE. HOWEVER, MOST CHRONICLES GIVE WIDESPREAD
PUBLICITY TO THE C.P.G. PROTEST REGARDING THE DEREGISTRATION
(PEKING TELEGRAM 781) AND TO SIMILAR SUPPORTING STATEMENTS ISSUED
BY LOCAL COMMUNIST ORGANISATIONS. THREE SMALL DELEGATIONS
VISITED THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT REGARDING DEREGISTRATION SEMICOLON
A FEW FURTHER SLOGANS APPEARED AND WERE OBLITERATED.
HEID
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(B) CONTINUING PREPARATIONS FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE C.P.G.
NATIONAL DAY SEMICOLON THE FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS HAS INSTRUCTED
A BRANCH OF THE MAIN TRANSPORTATION UNION THAT THESE TAKE PRECEDENCE
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