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HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO. 917 TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
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(G) PREPARATIONS FOR THE C.P.G. NATIONAL DAY (1ST OCTOBER)
ELEBRATIONS CONTINUE. ON 18TH JULY THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED ITS INTENTION TO HOLD A FIREWORK DISPLAY SEMICOLON SUCH DISCHARGE OF FIREWORKS WOULD BE ILLEGAL BUT IT IS TOO
EARLY TO ASSESS WHETHER OR NOT THE COMMUNISTS WILL TRY TO DEFY
THIS LAW.
CHO CONTINUED CRITICISM OF GOVERNMENT IN THE COMMUNIST PRESS. THE ATTACKS ON CONDITIONS OF DETAINEES DIED DOWN AFTER THE WEEKEND, AND THE INTENDED DEREGISTRATION OF THE CHUNG WAH SCHOOL CPARA 1CAD ABOVE) BECAME THE MAJOR THEME. MEETINGS MARKING THE ANNIVERSARIES OF POLICE RAIDS AND COMMUNIST 'MARTYRS' WERE WELL REPORTED.
(1) THE DISCOVERY AND REMOVAL OF SIX EXPLOSIVE DEVICES FROM OUTSIDE THE HOME OF A MEMBER OF A NEW TERRITORIES PRO-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATION
THOUGH ENQUIRIES ARE NOT YET COMPLETE IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN AN ISOLATED ATTEMPT TO INTIMIDATE THE PERSON CONCERNED WHO HAD MADE NO SECRET OF THE FACT THAT HE HAD PROVIDED THE AUTHORITIES WITH INFORMATION REGARDING BOMB MANUFACTURERS LAST YEAR.
(J) COMPENSATION, IN THE FORM OF LINES AND NETS, GIVEN BY GOVERNMENT TO C.T. FISHERMEN WHOSE ALLEGATIONS OF DAMAGE TO FISHING NETS BY A
POLICE LAUNCH PATROLLING IN DEEP BAY WERE FOUND TO POSSIBLY HAVE SOME FOUNDATION (PARA 1CG) OF TELEGRAM 892). NONE OF THE REMAINING FIVE ABDUCTED FISHERFOLK IN CHINA HAVE RETURNED TO HONG KONG CPARA
1CG) OF TELEGRAM 8920: REPRESENTATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE BY GOVERNMENT TO THE LOCAL BRANCH OF THE NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY ABOUT THIS INCIDENT (SEE TELEGRAMS 900 AND 9010. ALL BUT 2 OF THE 32 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARRESTED DURING THE WEEK SWAM ACROSS EITHER DEEP OR MIRS BAYS. THOUGH THERE IS STILL NO EVIDENCE OF LOCAL FISHERFOLK ASSISTING THESE IMMIGRANTS, CONTINUED ESCAPES IN THIS AREA MAY PROVOKE FURTHER REACTIONS FROM THE C.T. AUTHORITIES. FURTHER BOUND BODIES HAVE BEEN
FOUND IN COLONY WATERS BRING THE TOTAL TO 44.
/(K) THERE HAS BEEN
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