SECRET
HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO.517 TO FCO.
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PRO-COMMUNIST MASTER WHO WAS SUBSEQUENTLY FINED IN COURT.
DEEP BAY HAS OTHERWISE REMAINED QUIET WITH NO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS
IN THE OYSTER BED DISPUTE (PARA 1 (G) OF TELEGRAM 445.
2. THE CONTINUED MINOR INCIDENTS AT THE BORDER AFTER THE
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N CNA WERE ADVISED OF THE CONCERN OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
TELEGRAM 482) WAS POSSIBLY DUE TO DIFFICULTIES IN INTERNAL COMMUN~
ICATIONS ON THE CHINESE SIDE AND THE SUSTAINED DISCHARGE OF
FIREWORKS ON THE EVENING OF 26 JUNE SUGGESTS A FINAL ACT OF
DEFIANCE BY LOCAL MILITANTS BEFORE ACCEPTING INSTRUCTIONS TO STOP
THESE PROVOCATIVE ACTIVITIES.
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3. POLITICAL STUDY CONTINUES TO BE THE PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY IN
COMMUNIST CIRCLES IN HONG KONG ALTHOUGH THE DIFFICULTIES OF
PUTTING OVER THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE 9TH CONGRESS DOCUMENTS
APPEAR TO BE GROWING FOR ALL BUT THE HARD-CORE SUPPORTERS WHO
MAINTAIN THEIR ATTENDANCE AT STUDY SESSIONS. THE RE-EMERGENCE
OF THE SINO-SOVIET DISPUTE, AS A SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION,
AND MOVES ALREADY UNDERWAY TO START PREPARATIONS FOR THE LOCAL
CELEBRATIONS OF THE C P G 20TH ANNIVERSARY, ON 1ST OCTOBER, 1969,
MAY BE INTENDED TO AROUSE MORE GENERAL POLITICAL INTEREST.
COMMUNIST UNIONS HAVE ATTEMPTED TO EXERT SOME INFLUENCE IN A FEW
MINOR INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES AND IN DEMANDS FOR WAGE INCREASES
IN SEVERAL INDUSTRIES, BUT WITH LITTLE SUCCESS. IN PARTICULAR
THE COMMUNIST UNION IN THE GAS COMPANY IS NOW VIERTUALLY MORIBUND
THROUGH LACK OF SUPPORT AMONG THE WORKERS FOR OPPOSITION TO
NEW CONDITIONS OF SERVICE TO BE INTRODUCED BY THE MANAGEMENT
OF 1ST JULY. POLITICAL INDOCTRINATION REMAINS A FEATURE IN
COMMUNIST SCHOOLS ALTHOUGH STUDENTS ARE CURRENTLY PRE-OCCUPIED
SECRET
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