TNAG-0069-FCO40-105-Disturbances-in-Hong-Kong-propaganda-1967 — Page 80

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CONFIDENTIAL

Hong Kong Information and Propaganda

Points arising in discussion with Colonel Wild and Colonel Murray

1. Series of separate but related problems

2.

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open attempts by P.L.A. to subvert Gurkha

troops on frontier duty.

Chinese communist activity with fishermen

and agriculturalists in N.T.s.

countering communist propaganda and

sustaining morale of Hong Kong Chinese.

external problems of sustaining confidence,

keeping incidents in proportion.

Lack of overall direction of information/

a

propaganda effort. Cater too wide range

of responsibilities to concentrate on this

aspect. Stevenson rushed off feet. Lack of

general directive or propaganda strategy

resulting from total absorption with problems

of countering day-by-day communist

allegations, coping with news of incidents

etc.

3. Need for someone as permanent focal point for

4.

feeding overseas correspondents.

Comparison with organisation in Singapore

under Reddaway during confrontation.

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