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entirely spontaneous in origin and to have received no instigation or encouragement from the Communist authorities in
Peking. In fact such violence as there has been may
reasonably be attributed to the protracted difficulties experienced by the local Communist leadership in convincing (under directions from Peking) their more militant cadres of the desirability of abandoning violence in favour of a long term ideological campaign to win public support for their
cause.
4. This latter course has been followed by the Communists for a considerable time now and as part of their campaign they seek every opportunity 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 furtherin 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
5. During August there were several incursions into Colony waters by motorised junks from Chinese territory in pursuit of illegal immigrants 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 authorities early in September. The New China News Agency representative to whom the message was given declined to accept the Hong Kong version of the incidents, but apart from this no reply to the message has been received.
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