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Reference:

GEN/14/368/50

Page No. 1 of 20 Pages

Copy No.21 of 45 Copies

Special Branch,

Hong Kong Police.

13th December, 1968.

CHINESE COMMUNIST CONFRONTATION WITH HONG KONG GOVERNMENT

ASSESSMENT OF RECENT ACTIVITIES AND FUTURE CAPABILITIES

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INTRODUCTION

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Future communist policy and tactics in Hong Kong were re-

assessed recently in a Special Branch paper, GEN/14/368/50 dated

7th November, 1968. This paper showed that a recent directive from

Peking indicated clearly that the communists in Hong Kong must continue

to confine themselves to a political campaign against the Hong Kong

Government and that the drive to win the support of the population,

through United Front work and the expansion of patriotic education,

would remain a major objective. The paper concluded that the communists

will strive to erode the position of the Hong Kong Government while

enjoying the economic benefits of the Colony and that Government will

continue to be faced with a long-term and insidious threat to its

authority. It concluded too that during the next few months the

communists will endeavour to:-

(a)

Continue overtly to remain within the law and avoid

clashes with Government;

(b)

Continue their efforts to improve morale and consolidate

their own ranks;

(c)

Intensify their efforts to improve the position of

their banking and commercial organisations in the

Colony;

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/(d)......