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INWARD TELEGRAM
TO THE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (The Secretary of State)
FROM HONG KONG (0.A.G.)
D. 30th July, 1967 R. 30th
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ARCHIVES No. 63
31 JUL1967
HWB 24/32
IMMEDIATE No. 1136
Addressed to Peking No. 460
Repeated for information to Commonwealth
Office (D.T.D.).
On the evening of 29th July, 5 "journalists" from the NCNA, Wen Wei Pao, Shang Pao, Ching Pao and Ta Kung Pao were observed by police inciting a crowd of students in Tung Tau resettlement area. On seeing the police, these "journalists" made off in a car which the police later intercepted. They were all arrested and will be charged tomorrow morning (31st July), probably with forming part of an intimi- dating assembly.
2. The (? fifth omitted) NCNA person concerned is Luo Yu-Ho (5012/3768/0735) who has been in Hong Kong since 1950 and does not hold a CPR passport.
(Advance copies passed to Resident Clerk and to FE Dept. F.O., Mr. Glover, News Dept. C.0 and Private Office for Commonwealth Secretary).
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