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The New China News Agency representative to whom the message was
declined to accept given
the Hong Kong version of the incidents, but apart
to from this no reply
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7.
This latter course has been followed by the
Communists for a considerable time now and as
part of their campaign they seek every opportu-
nity of criticising the authorities on the
ground of real or alleged deficiencies in the
administration of the Colony's affairs. They
have been particularly critical in the spheres
of public transport, crime, labour disputes,
hawkers and resettlement schemes; but they do
not hesitate to seize upon any opportunity
which presents itself of furthering their
ultimate objective, which is to undermine the
authority of the Government. There is no
evidence to suggest that they are achieving
any success in their campaign (except possibly
in the sphere of education); nor is there any
reason whatever to suppose that they have any
intention of abandoning their efforts to attain
their ultimate objective.
Recent Incidents and Current Situation
During August there were several incursions
into Colony waters by motorised junks from
Chinese territory in pursuit of illegal immi-
grants into the Colony. Encounters with police
patrol launches were involved and the incidents
led to a message of protest being handed to the
New China News Agency by the Hong Kong authori-
ties early in September.
J.
comment.
Minor stoning and fireworks incidents have
occurred from time to time in the vicinity of
the border. This area is always a sensitive
one and such incidents do not normally excite
However, their frequency increased at
the end of August and on 20 September a message
was passed to the New China News Agency asking
them to draw the attention of the appropriate
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