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IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM HO. 715
SECRET
RECEIVED IN ARCHIVES No.63
ADDRESSED CO TELNO
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HWA
SECRET
TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
3 JUNE 1968.
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15 OF 3RD JUNE RFI PA SINGAPORE, WASHINGTON AND 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 3RD JUNE FOLLOWS. THE PRINCIPLE FEATURES OF THE PERIOD HAVE
BEEN:
A) INCIDENTS ON THE 20 AND 30 MAY AT LO WU CONCERNING PROTESTS
FARMERS AGAINST THE ALLEGED EFFECTS OF TEAR SMOKE ON C.T. WORKING FIELDS IN B.T. (TELEGRAMS 699 AND 700 REFER). THE SITUATION HAS SINCE REMAINED RELATIVELY QUIET AND NORMAL PASSENGER TRAFFIC RESUMED MID-MORNING ON 30 MAY. FOUR LOUD SPEAKER BROADCASTS WERE MADE FROM C.T. ON 30 MAY REPEATING THE DEMANDS MADE THE PREVIOUS DAY. P.L.A. PERSONNEL WERE POSTED IN THE VICINITY OF THE BRIDGE, APPARENTLY TO DISCOURAGE FURTHER STONING. SLOGANS ON THE BRIDGE AND STATION WERE OBLITERATED ON THE NIGHT OF 31 MAY WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE SHUNTING ENGINE HAS NOT YET BEEN CLEANED. ON 1 JUNE A SMALL DELEGATION OF THE C.T. FARMERS GATHERED OUTSIDE THE
★ POLICE POST. CHANTED SLOGANS AND REITERATEN THEIR FOUR
DEMANDS. THEY WERE TOLD A REPLY WOULD BE FORTHCOMING LATER IN THE DAY, BUT RETURNED TO C.T. BEFORE THIS COULD BE GIVEN TO THEM. SUBSEQUENT EFFORTS TO DELIVER A WRITTEN REPLY MET WITH NO SUCCESS.
A GOVERNMENT PRESS RELEASE GIVING THE TEXT OF THE REPLY WAS ISSUED THE SAME DAY AND A VERBAL PROTEST WAS MADE ABOUT THE INCIDENT BY THE LOCAL BRANCH OF N.C.N.A. ON BEHALF OF THE SHUM CHUN BORDER AUTHORITIES TO THE POLITICAL ADVISER (TELEGRAMS 709 AND 710 REFER). APART FROM ONE MINOR STONING AT LO WU ON 2 JUNE AND
THE DISTRIBUTION AT SHA TAU KOK OF LEAFLETS PROTESTING AGAINST RURAL COMMITTER ELECTIONS THE BORDER HAS BEEN OTHERWISE QUIET. B) A C.P.C. PROTEST CONCERNING THE ALLEGED USE OF THE COLONY AS
FOLLOW ING A BASE FOR UNITED STATES AGGRESSION (PEKING TELNO 488),
WHICH A LARGE NUMBER OF ANTI-AMERICAN POSTERS AND LEAFLETS WERE
SECRET
/DISTRIBUTED
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