CYPHER/CAT A
IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
SECRET
TOP COPY
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO 248
SECRET
24 MARCH 1969.
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SECRET ADDRESSED F C O TELNO 248 OF 24 MARCH RFI POLAD SINGAPORE,
WASHINGTON CANBERRA AND SAVING TO PEKING.
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FOR F C 0 AND CABINET OFFICE FOR JIC.
FOLLOWING FROM L 1 C.
HRS 24 MARCH 1969.
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RECEIVED IN ARCHIVES No.31
ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION AS25MAR1960
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THE PRINCIPAL FEATURES OF THE PERIOD HAVE BEEN:
(A) INTENSIVE ANTI-SOVIET PROPAGANDA IN THE COMMUNIST PRESS AND
AT DENUNCIATION MEETINGS CALLED BY UNIONS, SCHOOLS AND OTHER
ORGANISATIONS (PARA 1(B) TO TELEGRAM 216). PROPAGANDA HAS FOLLOWED
CLOSELY THE LINE IN MAINLAND NEWSPAPERS AND BROADCASTS AND CHINA
PRODUCTS STORES HAVE EXHIBITED WINDOW DISPLAYS DEPICTING THE
CP G VERSION OF THE BORDER INCIDENTS. THERE IS STILL NO INDIC-
ATION THAT LOCAL COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES WILL GO BEYOND A MAJOR
PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN.
(B) THE WELL PUBLICISED OPENING OF A HONG KONG PEOPLE'S ARTS
AND CRAFTS EXHIBITION', FOLLOWING PRELIMINARY EXHIBITIONS BY
MANY LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, TO WHICH OVER 300,000 FREE ADMISSION
TICKETS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED. THE MAIN THEME OF THE EXHIBITION,
WHICH IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OPEN FOR AT LEAST THREE WEEKS, IS
THE PROGRESS IN CHINA ATTRIBUTED DIRECTLY TO MAO THOUGHTS
SEMICOLON THE 1967 'STRUGGLE' WITH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
IS A MINOR SUBJECT.
(C)
THE INITIAL FAILURE OF RECRUITING CAMPAIGNS LAUNCHED RECENTLY
BY A NUMBERS OF LOCAL COMMUNIST UNIONS. A WIDE-SPREAD HOME-
VISITING CAMPAIGN HAS RECEIVED AN UNFAVOURABLE RECEPTION FROM
BOTH OLD MEMBERS AND POTENTIAL RECRUITS. THE MAJOR COMMUNIST
TRANSPORTATION UNION IS ORGANISING SPECIAL STUDY COURSES
"VISITING TEAMS IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE RESULTS.
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