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IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 768
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TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
17 JUNE 1968
RECEIVED IN ARCHIVE No. 63
18 JUN 1968
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ADDRESSED CO TELNO 768 OF 17TH JUNE RFI PA SINGAPORE WASHINGTON
HC CANBERRA AND SAVING 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 17TH JUNE
FOLLOWS IN TWO PARTS (PART 1 ONLY FOR CANBERRA AND PEKING).
PART 1.
THE PRINCIPAL FEATURES OF THE PERIOD HAVE BEEN:
(A) A NOISY DEMONSTRATION BY COMMUNISTS AT A PUBLIC PLAYGROUND
AT CHEUNG SHA WAN IN NORTH KOWLOON ON THE EVENING OF THE 11TH
JUNE WHICH WAS DISPERSED BY POLICE, CTELEGRAM 743 (1B) AND 751 [WA 1/722
REFER). THE NEXT EVENING A RELATIVELY ORDERLY GROUP OF 50 COMMUNISTS
SANG AND CHANTED SLOGANS IN THE SAME PLAYGROUND POLICE DID NOT
INTERVENE. ON THE EVENINGS OF 13TH AND 14TH MUCH LARGER CROWDS
GATHERED IN THE PLAYGROUND SHOUTING AND CHANTING SLOGANS, AND
POLICE TOOK ACTION TO CLEAR THE AREA. ON EACH OCCASION SMALL
CROWDS FORMED IN THE STREETS ADJACENT TO THE PLAYGROUND AND ATTACKED
THE POLICE WITH STONES AND OTHER MISSILES. 13 PERSONS WERE ARRESTED
ON 13TH JUNE AND 16 ON 14TH JUNE. 6 POLICE OFFICERS RECEIVED
MINOR INJURIES. ON 15TH JUNE POLICE CLOSED THE PLAYGROUND IN
THE EARLY EVENING, AND NO FURTHER INCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED. TEAR
SMOKE WAS USED ONLY ON EVENING OF 11TH JUNE.
(B) OFFICIALS OF SEVERAL UNIONS HAVE INSTRUCTED MENBERS NOT TO
BECOME INVOLVED IN SUCH DEMONSTRATIONS AS THOSE IN THE PLAYGROUND
IN KOWLOON AND STUDENTS OF A LEADING COMMUNIST SCHOOL HAVE BEEN
SIMILARLY INSTRUCTED.
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