CYPHER/CAT A
IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NO. 2170
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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
11 NOVEMBER 1968
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ADDRESSED FCO TELEGRAM NO. 2179 OF 11TH NOVEMBER REPEATED CANBERRA
WASHINGTON PA SINGAPORE AND SAVING TO PEKING.
FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AND CABINET OFFICE FOR JIC.
FOLLOWING FROM LIC. WEEKLY ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION AS AT 0600
HOURS 11TH NOVEMBER 1968 FOLLOWS.
THE PRINCIPAL FEATURES OF THE PERIOD HAVE BEEN:
(A) THE RESUMPTION OF WORK BY BLIND WORKERS (PARAGRAPH 1(A) OF
TELEGRAM NO. 2146) AND TEMPORARY END TO COMMUNIST EXPLOITATION OF
THE ISSUE.
(B) FURTHER INSPECTIONS OF COMMUNIST SCHOOLS BY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OFFICERS WHO WERE RECEIVED GENERALLY WITHOUT HOSTILITY, BUT SUBJECTED TO SOME PROTESTS ABOUT PRISONERS. /HKKI/12 (C) THE RELEASE OF TWO EMERGENCY DETAINEES (TELEGRAM 2158), WHICH
WAS GIVEN ROUTINE PUBLICITY IN THE COMMUNIST PRESS. BOTH WERE
INSTRUCTED BY COMMUNIST OFFICIALS TO CONFINE THEIR REMARKS AT.
WELCOMING FUNCTIONS TO THEIR EXPERIENCES IN
DETENTION, APPARENTLY TO AVOID ANY INFLAMMATORY COMMENTS ON THE
'STRUGGLE' WHICH WOULD NOT BE IN LINE WITH PRESENT POLICY TO LOWER
THE LEVEL OF OVERT CONFRONTATION.
(D) THE GENERAL TONING DOWN AT THE END OF THE WEEK (PARAGRAPH 1(C) TELEGRAM 2146) OF THE VIRULENT COMMUNIST PRESS
CAMPAIGN ABOUT THE RELEASE OF PRISONERS AND DETAINEES AND PRISON
CONDITIONS. THE CAMPAIGN WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE APPEARANCE OF FOUR
DELEGATIONS DEMANDING THE RELEASE OF PRISONERS.
(E) FURTHER WELL PUBLICISED CELEBRATIONS BY LOCAL COMMUNIST
ORGANISATIONS MARKING THE COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY THE C.C.P. CENTRAL COMMITTEE (PARAGRAPH 1(G) OF TELEGRAM 2146).
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/ (F) A DECISION
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RECEIVED IN ARCHIV:5 No.31
11 NOV 1968
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