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extreme than in 1967); but the authorities are inhibited from
taking legal action because of extreme sensitivity on the part of the Chinese Peoples' Government to any action which might be
construed as an attempt to control the activities of the communist press (the taking of such action in 1967 led directly
and immediately to the sacking cf our Mission in Peking during
August of that year).
10. Communist schools have an aggregate enrolment which
represents 2.4% of the total school enrolment in the Colony. However, they have a captive clientele in the families of active communist supporters, communist trade union members and employees of communist concerns; such schools provide for a high
level of political indoctrination and are not easy to control.
11. In spite of all their efforts, the available evidence
indicates that any successes which the communists have achieved
in winning support for their cause is confined to winning back those who sympathised with (but did not actively support) their
cause before 1967.
Hong Kong Department,
9 April, 1970.
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