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IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NUMBER 2192
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ADDRESSED FCO AS MYTEL 2192 OF 18TH NOVEMBER REPEATED P.A.
SINGAPORE WASHINGTON H.C. CANBERRA AND SAVING PEKING.
FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AND CABINET OFFICE FOR J.1.C. FOLLOWING FROM L.1.C. WEEKLY ASSESSMENT OF THE SITU- ATION AS AT 06.00 HOURS 18TH NOVEMBER, 1968 FOLLOWS.
THE PRINCIPAL FEATURES OF THE PERIOD HAVE BEEN :
(A) THE CLOSURE BY THE COMMUNISTS OF AN UNREGISTERED NEW TERRITORIES BRANCH OF A COMMUNIST SCHOOL AFTER A GOVERNMENT
A WARN- WARNING THAT THE PREMISES CONSTITUTED A FIRE HAZARD. ING TO THE HEADMASTER OF ANOTHER COMMUNIST SCHOOL REGARDING STAFF ATTITUDE TO INSPECTIONS RESULTED IN A MORE COOPERATIVE SECOND INSPECTION SEMI COLON IN OTHER SCHOOLS INSPECTIONS
HAVE CONTINUED WITHOUT INCIDENT.
IGNORED THE SUBJECT.
THE COMMUNIST PRESS HAS
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(B) THE WELL PUBLICISED RELEASE FROM PRISON, ON 16TH NOVEM-
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BER, OF HSUEH PING, N.C.N.A. EMPLOYEE CTELEGRAM 2103). WAS MET BY SMALL GROUP OUTSIDE BOTH THE PRISON AND THE LOCAL N.C.N.A.
WHILE THERE HAS BEEN MUCH SPECULATION IN THE NEUTRAL
PREMISES.
AND RIGHT WING PRESS THAT GREY WILL NOW BE RELEASED, ONE MINOR COMMUNIST NEWSPAPER STATES IT IS QUOTE RIDICULOUS UNQUOTE TO EXPECT THIS SEMI COLON ALL COMMUNIST NEWSPAPERS HAVE CONTIN-
UED DEMANDS FOR RELEASE OF DETAINEES AND PRISONERS, WIDELY THE RECENT LETTER TO THE TIMES ON THIS SUBJECT FROM A HONG KONG UNIVERSITY LECTURER (TELEGRAM 2175) AND OTHER SUPP- ORTING CORRESPONDENCE IN THE HONG KONG ENGLISH LANGUAGE PRESS.
EXPLOITING
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A WARNING BY OFFICIALS OF A MAJOR COMMUNIST NEWSPAPER
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