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INWARD TELEGRAM
TO THE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (The Secretary of State)
FROM HONG KONG (Sir D. Trench)
D 1 June, 1967.
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NO. 744.
Addressed to Commonwealth Office (D.T.D.) Repeated Routine to Peking No.291
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to P.A. Singapore No. 148
Washington No.156
(S. of S. please pass all)
My telegrams No.726 paragraph 2 and No.738
paragraph 4.
Disturbances.
After consulting Executive Council, I intend to start taking action within the next few days against the many inflammatory posters which are still appearing on buildings, vehicles and harbour vessels and are causing public concern. Emergency Regulations to enable this to be done effectively are being published very shortly. I hope later today, A warning in general terms was issued last night.
No action against the press is yet contemplated, except in so far as individual copies of newspapers are stuck up and used as posters.
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There is some danger that pro-Communist bus and ferry workers in particular may attempt to counter by fomenting further stoppages but I am sure we must take this risk. We shall of course proceed with caution.
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