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TELEGRAM NUMBER 743
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JUNE REPEATED POLAD SINGAPORE
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WASHINGTON, HC CANBERRA, AND SAVING TO PEKING
FOR COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AND CABINET OFFICE FOR JIC. FOLLOWING
FROM LIC. WEEKLY ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION AS AT 0600 HOURS
10 JUNE, 1968 FOLLOWS. THE PRINCIPAL FEATURES OF THE PERIOD
HAVE BEEN:
(A) A CONSIDERABLE INCREASE IN THE SIZE AND NUMBER OF COMMUNIST
DELEGATIONS. THERE WERE 71 VISITS TO 12 GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
CONCERNING REINSTATEMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT GENERALLY, THE COST OF
LIVING INDEX, RELEASE OF PRISONERS, COMPENSATION TO RELATIVES
OF 'MARTYRS' AND PUNISHMENT OF 'PERSONS RESPONSIBLE' FOR THEIR
DEATHS SEMICOLON 57 VISITS WERE MADE TO 15 PRIVATE COMPANIES,
ALL SOUGHT REEMPLOYMENT. SEVERAL HUNDREDS VISITED THE LABOUR
DEPARTMENT ON 7TH JUNE, OSTENSIBLY TO REGISTER FOR VACANCIES
AND WAITED OUTSIDE FOR SEVERAL HOURS. WHILE MANY DELEGATIONS WERE
WELL BEHAVED AND COMPLIED WITH INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN AT RECENT UNION
MEETINGS TO REMAIN CALM AND ORDERLY WITH A VIEW TO GAINING
THE CONFIDENCE OF FORMER EMPLOYERS, OTHERS WERE NOISY AND RELIGERENT
SEMICOLON ONE GROUP OF ABOUT 100 WOMEN THREATENED TO ASSAULT A
GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL AT THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES ON 8TH
JUNE.
(B) TWO DEMONSTRATIONS BY GROUPS OF 30 AND 150 RESPECTIVELY
OF COMMUNIST SUPPORTERS WHO GATHERED NEAR THE KOWLOOM STAR FERRY
CONCOURSE, WHERE THEY SANG SONGS AND CHANTED SLOGANS BEFORE WALKING
ALONG NEARBY STREETS IN PAIRS. OTHER GROUPS OF COMMUNIST SUPPORTERS,
INCLUDING STUDENTS, HELD MEETINGS AT A PUBLIC PLAYGROUND AT
KOWLOON WHERE THEY HAVE DISPLAYED POSTERS BEARING MAO QUOTATIONS CHANTED AND SUNG REVOLUTIONARY SONGS AND LISTENED TO SPEAKERS COMPLAINING OF LOCAL SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC GRTEVANCES. /(C) HARASSMENT
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