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TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELNO 905. OF 6 SEPTEMBER
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, CANBERRA AND SINGAPORE INFO SAVING WELLINGTON.
PLEASE PASS TO CABINET OFFICE FOR SECRETARY JIC,
THE FOLLOWING IS THE LIC ASSESSMENT FOR AUGUST 1977.
ECONOMY AND LABOUR.
THE LABOUR SITUATION REMAINS GENERALLY QUIET ALTHOUGH SEVERAL NON-ALIGNED UNIONS REPRESENTING GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES ARE NEGOTIATING
FOR IMPROVED CONDITIONS OF SERVICE,
CHINESE COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES
2. CHINESE COMMUNISTS IN HONG KONG AND MACAU HAVE WELCOMED AND
SUPPORTED THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF THE 11TH
CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS. NEWS OF THE EVENT WAS GIVEN PROMINENT COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNIST MEDIA AND THE MAJORITY
OF COMMUNIST ORGANISATIONS HAVE HELD MEETINGS TO CELEBRATE THE EVENT.
3. PERFORMANCES DY THE VISITING CHUNGKING ACROBATIC TROUPE
BETWEEN THE 30TH JULY AND 6TH AUGUST WERE WELL ATTENDED AND
DREW A GOOD DEAL CF PUBLICITY INCLUDING TELEVISION COVERAGE. LOCAL COMMUNISTS ALSO 700K THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVITE A NUMBER OF
PROMINANT PERSONALITIES INCLUDING HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.
4. MANY COMMUNIST ORGANISATIONS HAVE BEGUN PREPARATIONS FOR NATIONAL
DAY (1ST OCTOBER) CELEBRATIONS AND PRELIMINARY INDICATIONS ARE THAT OVERALL THEY WILL BE ON A LARGER SCALE THAN IN RECENT YEARS (LAST YEAR CELEBRATIONS WERE MUTED BECAUSE OF THE DEATH OF MAO TSE-TUNG),
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