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(D) FURTHER EVIDENCE OF LOW MORALE IN COMMUNIST UNIONS STEMMING
FROM THE FAILURE OF THE REINSTATEMENT CAMPAIGN AND ALSO CONTINUED
GENERAL DISSATISFACTION WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO OBTAIN ALTERNATIVE
EMPLOYMENT. UNION LEADERS HAVD COMPLAINED OF POUR ATTENDANCE AT
MEETINGS AND INSTRUCTED THAT FAMILY VISITS MUST BE' EXPANDED BY LOYAL
MEMBERS. STRIKE ALLOWANCE HAS BEEN PAID IN SOME UNIONS, ALTHOUGH REDUCED BY COMPULSORY SUBSCRIPTION TO UNION FUNDS: THE CHAIRMAN OF A MI OR UNION HAS INTIMATED THAT 'STRINE ALLOWANCE' FOR HIS UNION WILL CEASE NEXT MONTH.
(F) FURTHER PLANS BY COMMUNIST SCHOOLS FOR SUMMER HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES: THESE INCLUDE THE FORMATION OF A PROPAGANDA TEAM',. TO ENTERTAIN
NEW TERRITORIES VILLAGERS,
C PARA 10 B) TELEGRAM 917)
WHICH WITH THE ASSISTANCE TO FARMERS
NO DOUBT FORESH400MS INCREASED ACTIVITY W
THAT AREA AS PART OF THE COMMUNIST UNITED FRONT CAMP
SIGN: PARENTS
OF COMMUNIST STUDENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN ASKED TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS FROM GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS TO TAKE PART IN THESE ACTIVITIES. THE ENROLLMENT OF NEW STUDENTS IN THE MAJOR COMMUNIST SCHOOLS FOR
NEXT TERM APPEARS TO BE FAIRLY LARGE BUT SOME OF THE SMALLER SCHOOLS HAVE MET WITH A POOR RESPONSE.
(F) PICNIC PARTIES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES BY GROUPS OF COMMUNISTS
FROM THE URBAN AREAS.
OF
(G) THE RELEASE OF TWO DETAINEES ON 20TH JULY ( PARAGRAPH (0) TELEGRAM 917) EVOKED ONLY BRIEF REPORTS IN THE COMMUNIST PRESS. ONE OF THE FIRST TWO DETAINCES RELCAELD (TELEGRAM OGO) GAVE-
AN ACCOUNT OF AIS DETENTION EXPERIENCES TO STAFF OF A COMMUNIST NEWSPAPER: THE TALK WAS COMPARATIVELY MILD AND HE STATED THAT IN VIEW OF THE TWO FURTHER RELEASES HE EXPECTED ALL DETAINED
COMPATRIOTS" TO BE FREED BY THE END OF 1900, A LINE WHICH MAY BE EXPRESSING THE VIEW OF LOCAL COMMUNIST LEADERS AND EXPLAIN IN PART THE LOW KEY REACTION SO FAR.
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