SECRET
...
DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE COLONY ON 27 MAY. ALTHOUGH A FEW WERE
FOUND ALSO ON THE TWO SUCCEEDING DAYS IT WAS BASICALLY A ONE DAY
EVENT. ALL WERE REMOVED BY POLICE. THE MAJORITY OF LOCAL COMMUNIST
ORGANISATIONS HAVE SINCE HELD MEETINGS AND ISSUED STATEMENTS I
SUPPORT OF THE PROTEST.
CO AN ATTEMPT BY THE COMMUNISTS TO DISRUPT PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICE0.
ON THE EVENING OF 30 MAY A CROWD OF SOME 2,000 'STRIKERS' WAITED
FOR BUSES DURING THE PEAK PERIOD AT A KOWLOON TERMINUS, AS WELL AS
AT BUS STOPS, CAUSING CONGESTION FOR ABOUT ONE AND A HALF HOURS.
THIS TACTIC I IS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN ENDORSED BY A MEETING OF THE
A.S.A.P.S.C. HELD EARLIER IN THE DAY. IT HAS NOT BEEN REPEATED.
DO 39 VISITS BY COMMUNIST DELEGATIONS TO 8 GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
CONCERNING REINSTATEMENT, GIFT RICE, REDUCTION OF ALLOWANCES
BASED ON THE COST OF LIVING, 'ILL TREATMENT' AND RELEASE OF
PRISONERS AND POLICE 'PERSECUTION OF DRIVERS, AND 22 TO 10
PRIVATE COMPANIES SEEKING REEMPLOYMENT. SEVERAL COMPRISED WOMEN
AND SOME CHANTED SLOGANS. AS THE COMMUNISTS PRIMARY TARGET, THE
KOWLOON BUS COMPANY WAS SUBJECTED ON ONE DAY TO WAVES OF THE
LARGEST GROUPS SEEN SO FAR, ONE PARTY NUMBERING SOME 150.
E) FURTHER MEETINGS BY COMMUNIST UNIONS CONCERNING REINSTATEMENT.
AT SOME OF THESE IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THE LACK OF S SUCCESS SO
FAR IS HAVING AN ADVERSE EFFECT ON THE MORALE OF THE STRIKERS.
WHILE SOME OF THE MORE MILITANT RANK AND FILE ARE ADVOCATING STRONGER TACTICS THE LEADERS ARE STILL EXERCISING CONTROL WID
ONE UNION, AT LEAST, HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED TO RESTRICT THE SIZE OF
ITS DELEGATIONS.
FO AN ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE MOTOR TRANSPORT WORKERS' UNION (MTWU)
KOWLOON BRANCH, THAT HENCEFORTH ONLY TAXI DRIVERS WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR STRIKE PAY. CTELEGRAM 640 PARAGRAPH 1(E) REFERS).
THIS IS THE THIRD UNION TO ANNOUNCE RESTRICTION OF
PAYMENTS (PARA 1(C) FO TELNO 674 REFERS.
(G) THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF FURTHER PLANS FOR EXPANSION BY COMMUNIST
SCHOOLS. IN ADDITION TO THE EXTENSION PROPOSED THIS YEAR BY THREE SCHOOLS (PARAGRAPH (G) OF TELEGRAM 640) TWO OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS
WILL BE OPENING NEW BRANCHES. ONE OF THESE, WHICH WILL CATER IN PART FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLSTUDENTS, WILL CE IN AN AREA THAT THE COMMUNISTS HAVE NO PRESENCE SO FAR IN THIS FIELD. ONE SMALL SCHOOL WAS SERVED WITH A NOTICE OF DE-REGISTRATION BECAUSE OF A FIRE HAZARD ON THE 30TH MAY. SUBSEQUENTLY TWO DELEGATIONS OF PARENTS VISITED THE EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT ASKING THAT THE SCHOOL BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE OPERATING.
SECRET
/(H)
..
..
Page 75Page 76
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.