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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM HUMBER 785
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6 OCTOBER 1969
Dr. 7/10
ADDRESSED FCO TELEGRAM 785 OF 6 OCTOBER RFI POLAD SINGAPORE,
WASHINGTON AND CANBERRA, AND SAVING TO PEKING.
FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AND CABINET OFFICE FOR JIC.
FOLLOWING FROM LIC : ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION AS AT 9600 HOURS 6
OCTOBER 1969.
VIRTUALLY ALL COMMUNIST ATTENTION HAS DEE!! FOCUSED ON THE 1ST OCTOBER
CELEBRATIONS. POLICE ACTION WAS NECESSARY IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TO
DISPERSE A CROWD PROTESTING OVER THE ARREST OF A PUBLIC LIGHT BUS
CREW. IN THE URBAN AREA THE PERIOD HAS BEEN QUIET BUT VERY MINOR
INCIDENTS ALONG THE FRONTIER CONTINUE.
2. THE 1ST OCTOSER CELEBRATIONS WERE THE MOST UNEVENTFUL IN RECENT
YEARS SEMICOLON WHILE A GREATER NUMBER OF FUNCTIONS WERE HELD
OVERALL ATTENDANCE FIGURES SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE. SPEECHES AT
FUNCTIONS CONTAINED ONLY PASSING REFERENCE TO HONG KONG AND ONLY THE
OCCASIONAL ANTI-HONG KONG BRITISH SLOGAN WAS SHOUTED. IT WAS EVIDENT
THAT THE COMMUNIST LEADERSHIP DID EVERYTHING POSSICLE TO AVOID
ACTIONS WHICH NIGHT, IN ANY WAY, PROVOKE AN INCIDENT. THE DIMINISHED
EMPHASIS ON MAC CONTINUED AND THE MAIN THEMES WERE CHINA'S PROGRESS
ON THE DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN FRONTS.
VED IN RY No. 51 JCT 1969
HICK 18/2
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