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The women, however, claiming illiteracy (in most cases this is a fact),
said they could not read the MAO books and were unable to understand
the quotations or songs. The Communists then gave up these attempts.
that
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On the 12th March, 1968 the construction of a small wooden hut
was completed on the Chinese side of the border near the "International Bridge". The militia leader in the are indicated to the B.T. farmers,
this was to be used as a meeting place for MAO study. At this stage most
of the Lin Ma Hang farmers were considering giving up their ancestral land
and not crossing the border at all. A unit of the Hong Kong Police Village
Penetration Patrol was moved into the area to live almost permanently in
Lin Ma Hang and morale among the farmers improved. By the middle of April
the hut had been transformed into a form of "MAO Shrine" and it became
clear that it was part of a general move throughout the Border area, similar huts appeared in other places.
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The situation remained generally quiet until June when an attempt was made by pro-Communist villagers in Lin Ma Hang to persuade the Village
Representative, IP Shing, to resign from office. To improve his security
he was given a direct telephone line to Ta Ku Ling Police Station. This
action, although apparently exciting the interest of the militia in Cheung Meng, had the desired affect in the village where Communist pressure relaxed. At this time further attempts were made by the C.C.A. sentries to force the
B.T. farmers to recite MAO slogans but they were frustrated by the low intelligence and illiteracy of the women. The Lin Ma Hang farmers were also asked to nominate villagers to attend political meetings in C.T.,
and three illiterate females were elected and their names passed to the militia but nothing further came of this,
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On the 26th August female farmers from Lin Ma Hang were approached by a Hakka speaking C.C.A. sentry and informed they were required to attend an "entertainment" in Cheung Meng Village, C.T. and were told to invite other B.T. villagers. All refused to attend and as a Hong Kong Government
counter measure, the Army Information Team started giving film shows in Lin Ma Hang to entertain the villagers. A television set was also installed in the village by the Army Information Team and has been very popular with the villagers.
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Two Chiu Chow farmers were abducted from Mo Lo Lau Village on the 1st and 10th October, 1968, by pro-Communist residents and handed over to
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