CYPHER/CAT A
IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 517
SECRET.
SECRET
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
30 JUNE 1969
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ADDRESSED F C O TELNO 517 OF 38 JUNE R F I
WASHINGTON, CANBERRA AND SAVING TO PEKING
FOR F C O AND CABINET OFFICE FOR JI C.
FOLLOWING FROM LI C.
HRS 39 JUNE 1969.
POLAD SINGAPORE,
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No.51 -1 JUL 1969
HKKB 2 13/2
ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION AS AT 0600
LAST
THE PRINCIPAL FEATURES OF THE PERIOD HAVE BEEN:
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(A) CONTINUING POLITICAL STUDY IN LOCAL COMMUNIST CIRCLES
WITH REDUCED EMPHASIS ON 9TH CONGRESS DOCUMENTS AND A RETURN
TO THE SUBJECT OF SINO/SOVIET DISPUTES. JOINT STUDY SESSIONS
HAVE BEEN HELD BY SOME UNIONS PRESUMABLY TO BOOST ATTENDANCES.
THE MAJOR TRANSPORT UNION'S PROPAGANDA TEAMS HAVE NOT REPEATED
THEIR PUBLIC STUDY SESSION (PARA 1 (A) OF TELEGRAM 484) BUT
IT IS NOW INTENDED THAT THEY SHOULD OPERATE IN THE FOYERS OF
THE 6 COMMUNIST CONTROLLED CINEMAS. COMMUNIST TAXI DRIVERS,
ENCOURAGED BY THE UNION TO ISSSUE FREE ENGLISH COPIES OF MAO
BOOKLETS TO FOREIGN PASSENGERS, HAVE BEEN TOLD BY OFFICIALS TO
CONCENTRATE ON U.S. NEGRO PERSONNEL AFTER REPORTING 'DIFFICULTIES*
WITH PASSENGERS.
B) A DECLINE IN ATTENDANCES AT PERFORMANCES OF THE CP G
DOCUMENTARY FILMS ON THE 9TH CONGRESS AND THE YANGTZE RIVER
BRIDGE (PARA 1 (D) OF TELEGRAM 484) WHICH HAVE, HOWEVER, BEEN
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