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Political Organisations
26.
The Chinese Communist Party representatives in Hong Kong seek to regulate the activities of local Communist organisations in such away that they will not disturb the internal stability which is necessary for economic growth. The Party controb a hard core of disciplined, ideologically inspired activists who organise a number of overt organisations which include 200,000 trade unionists, 33,000 school children and several thousand employees of Communist commercial and banking enterprises. Support from a few middle-class Chinese completes a powerful power-base.
27. The interests of the Nationalist (Taiwan) organisations in Hong Kong parallel those of China, but on a much reduced scale. The Kuomingtang, operating covertly, is careful to avoid disturbing the status quo. It controls a number of trade unions, schools and other organisations; but its general influence is much smaller than that of the Communists. There are also a few small political groups composed mainly of Chinese expatriates. Most of them aim to widen popular representation within the Legislative Council without changing the basic pattern of Government.
28.
A note on personalities is attached.
Hong Kong and Indian Ocean Department
9 October 1975
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