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TO IMMEDIATE F.C.0 TELNO.1245 OF 9 DECEMBER 77,
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INFO IMMEDIATE: PEKING, CANBERRA, SINGAPORE,
INFO SAVING WELLINGTON.
PLEASE PASS TO CABINET OFFICE FOR SECRETARY J.1.C.
THE FOLLOWING IS THE L.I.C ASSESSMENT FOR NOVEMBER 1977.
ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE
OPEN SQUARE BRACKETS A SUMMARY OF THE EVENTS INVOLVING ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE, COUNTER MEASURES TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT
AND AN ASSESSMENT OF THE PRESENT POSITION IS AT ANNEX
SQUARE BRACKETS.
CHINESE COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES
CLOSE
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2. THE MOST SENIOR PARTY CADRE IN HONG KONG, LIANG WET-LIN, IS ABOUT TO BE TRANSFERRED ON PROMOTION TO CANTON, TO WHAT APPEARS
TO BE A NEW POST CREATED TO CO-ORDINATE THE ACTIVITIES OF STATE,
PARTY AND MASS ORGANISATIONS IN HONG KONG AND MACAO. HE WILL
BE SUCCEEDED BY HIS DEPUTY, LI CHU-SHENG, A MORE EXTROVERT CHARACTER WITH A DIPLOMATIC BACKGROUND, WHO HAS BEEN IN HONG KONG FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS. CHANGES ARE ALSO TO BE MADE IN
THE LOCAL PARTY CONTROL STRUCTURE. IT 13 ASSESSED THAT THESE
DEVELOPMENTS REFLECT CURRENT TRENDS IN CHINA AND WILL RESULT IN
AN EVEN STRICTER APPLICATION OF THE C.P.G POLICY OF RESTRAINT
TOWARDS HONG KONG.
3. BOTH THE COMMUNIST AND NON-COMMUNIST PRESS HAVE GIVEN
PROMINENCE RECENTLY TO REMARKS ABOUT HONG KONG'S FUTURE
MADE IN PEKING TO VISITING DELEGATIONS FROM HONG KONG AND
THE UNITED KINGDOM. IN THESE REMARKS, SENIOR CHINESE LEADERS IMPLIED THAT THEY WERE SATISFIED WITH THE STATUS QUO IN HONG
KONG AND THAT THEIR INTERLOCUTORS SHOULD NOT WORRY ABOUT THE
FUTURE. THEY FOLLOW AN IMPORTANT ARTICLE IN THE OCTOBER
ISSUE OF 'RED FLAG IN WHICH THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE
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