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2. THE LONG STANDING CPG POLICY TOWARDS HONG KONG WAS RESTATED

RECENTLY AT A SERIES OF BRIEFINGS IN HONG KONG OF CHINESE COMMUNIST OFFICIALS WHO WERE TOLD THAT HONG KONG WOULD CONTINUE TO BE UTILISED FOR THE MAXIMUM BENEFIT OF CHINA FOR ECONOMIC, PROPAGANDA AND INTELLIGENCE PURPOSES. UNITED FRONT WORK AND PROPAGANDA WILL BE FURTHER DEVELOPED AND OVERALL A LESS RIGID POLITICAL IMAGE WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE COMMUNISTS.

3. DURING A VISIT TO PEKING FOR LABOUR DAY CELEBRATIONS ABOUT FORTY LOCAL COMMUNIST TRADE UNION LEADERS WERE RECEIVED BY YEH CHIEH-YING, VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE PARTY AND MINISTER OF DEFENCE. THEY WERE GIVEN A GLOWING ACCOUNT OF THE PRESENT SITUATION IN CHINA WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY PASSED ON AT MEETINGS HELD BY THE MAJORITY OF COMMUNIST UNIONS IN HONG KONG AND IN THE COMMUNIST MEDIA IN HONG KONG,

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