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HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO.905 TO FCO.
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GRADUAL PROGRESS IN WIDENING THEIR BASE FOR SUPPORT AMONGST
THE COLONY'S POPULACE.
FCO PLEASE PASS PRIORITY WASHINGTON AND CANBERRA.
SIR H.NORMAN WALKER
FILES
H.K.D.
F.E.D.
I.P.D.
I.R.D.
RES. DEPT.
P.U.S.D.
O.L.A.
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NEWS DEPT.
SIR L.MONS ON
SIR S.TOMLINSON
MR. WILFORD
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CYPHER CAT.A.
IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NO 374
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REGISTRY NO.31
17 NOV 1969
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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
17 NOVEMBER 1969
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ADDRESSED F C O TELNO 874 OF 17 NOVEMBER R F I POLAD SINGAPORE,
WASHINGTON, CANBERRA AND SAVING TO PEKING.
FOR F C O AND CABINET OFFICE FOR JI C.
FOLLOWING FROM L 1 C.
HOURS 17 NOVEMBER.
ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION AS AT $685
AN UPSURGE IN TALKS ON CHINA'S PREPARATIONS FOR WAR HAS BEEN THE
DOMINANT FEATURE IN LOCAL COMMUNIST CIRCLES. FURTHER PAY CLAIMS
HAVE BEEN LODGED BY COMMUNIST UNIONS AND THE PRINCIPAL OF A MAJOR
COMMUNIST SCHOOL HAS GIVEN A CLEAR EXPOSITION OF THE PURPOSE
OF 'PATRIOTIC EDUCATION IN HONG KONG. NOTHING OF NOTE HAS
OCCURRED ALONG THE BORDER.
LENGTHY DISSERTATIONS ON CHINA'S PREPARATIONS FOR WAR ARE BEING
GIVEN TO MEMBERS OF ALL LOCAL COMMUNIST ORGANISATIONS.
AUDIENCES
ARE WARNED THAT WAR IS INEVITABLE AND THEY MUST PREPARE MENTALLY
FOR IT. HOWEVER, IT IS INFERRED THAT HONG KONG WILL NOT BE
INVOLVED DIRECTLY IN THE CONFLICT. DETAILED TALKS HAVE ALSO
BEEN GIVEN BY MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG DELEGATION TO THE 1ST
OCTOBER CELEBRATIONS IN PEKING SEMICOLON THE MAIN THEME HAS BEEN
JUSTIFICATION FOR AND SUCCESS OF THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION BUT
THE EXTENT OF CHINA'S WAR. PREPARATIONS HAS ALSO BEEN STRESSED.
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ANOTHER GROUP OF LOCAL COMMUNISTS, WHICH HAS RETURNED RECENTLY
FROM A STUDY COURSE IN CHINA, WAS 14STRUCTED TO WEED CUT BACKWARD
THIS COULD PRESAGE A PURGE OF THE MORE RECALCITRANT
ELEMENTS'.
· UNION MEMBERS.
3. FOUR SMALL COMMUNIST UNIONS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY NECCTIATED
PAY CLAIMS FOR THEIR MEMBERS SINCE MID-OCTOBER WHILE SEVEN OTHER
UNIONS HAVE WAGE DEMANDS UNDER PREPARATION. ONE OF THESE,
A SHALL UNION ON THE BOAT-BUILDING TRADE HAS APPROACHED ITS
RIGHT-WING COUNTERPART AND SUGGESTED COLLABARATION
IN SUBMITTING A JOINT DEMANE,
NO SUCH COOPERATION BETWEEN
COMMUNIST AND OTHER UNIONS HAS TAKEN PLACE SINCE THE EARLY
1962'S. THE RIGHT WING UNION HAS NOT YET REPLIED BUT, IF IT IS AGREEABLE, SIMILAR APPROACHES MAY BE MADE BY OTHER COMMUNIST
UNIONS.
4. THE ANTI-AMERICAN PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN CONTINUES IN THE COMMUNIST
NEWSPAPERS. THERE IS SOME INDICATION THAT LOCAL COMMUNIST
LEADERS ARE MAKING CONTINGENCY PLANS TO INITIATE LABOUR TROUBLES
IN U.S. FINANCED ENTERPRISES SHOULD SUCH TACTICS BE CONSIDERED
NECESSARY.
5. THE PRINCIPAL OF A MAJOR COMMUNIST SCHOOL HAS INFORMED HIS STAFF THAT THEY MUST PROMOTE REVOLUTION THROUGH EDUCATION,
PROVIDE AN ANTI-IMPERIALIST EDUCATION, INSTRUCT ON METHODS TO
FIGHT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S SO-CALLED APPEASEMENT'
POLICY(BY WHICH IS MEANT SOCIAL WELFARE, EDUCATION,
EDUCATION, RESETTLEMENT), CONSOLIDATE THEIR STUDENTS, EXPAND PATRIOTIC EDUCATION AND UNITE
WITH THE MASSES'. REFERENCE WAS MADE TO THE NEED TO IMPROVE
ACADEMIC STANDARDS BUT THIS WAS PLACED LOW IN THE LIST
OF PRIORITIES.
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