IMMEDIATE
GR 1988
CYPHER CAT A
FM HONG KONG 110915Z
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HKK 382/16
RAG
14 NOV 1977
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TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELNO 1124 OF 11 NOVEMBER 1977 INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, CANBERRA, SINGAPORE
INFO SAVING WELLINGTON
PLEASE PASS TO CABINET OFFICE FOR SECRETARY JIC. THE FOLLOWING IS THE LIC ASSESSMENT FOR OCTOBER 1977.
ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE.
OPEN SQUARE BRACKETS. A SUMMARY OF THE EVENTS INVOLVING ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE, COUNTERMEASURES TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT AND AN ASSESSMENT OF THE PRESENT SITUATION IS AT ANNEX, CLOSE SQUARE BRACKETS
CHINESE COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES.
2. NATIONAL DAY (1 OCTOBER) CELEBRATIONS PASSED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THEY WERE, AS PLANNED, ON A MORE LAVISH SCALE THAN IN RECENT YEARS ALTHOUGH SOME TRADE UNION OFFICIALS FELT THAT BETTER PREPARATIONS WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN IMPROVED ATTENDANCE. A LARGER NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS RECEIVED INVITATIONS TO ATTEND THESE CELEBRATIONS BUT THERE WAS NO CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN THE LEVEL OF ACCEPTANCES. THE CHINESE
PARTICULARLY FLAG WAS DISPLAYED ON A WIDER SCALE THAN LAST YEAR,
ON INDIVIDUAL SHOP PREMISES AND PRIVATE HOUSES. THIS MAY HAVE BEEN AN ATTEMPT TO COUNTER KMT DECORATIONS (SEE PARA 5 BELOW). THE MAJOR THEMES OF THE SPEECHES MADE IN STANDARD TERMS IN THE COURSE OF THE COMMUNIST CELEBRATIONS REFLECTED EVENTS IN CHINA AND REFERRED TO THE FUTURE LIBERATION OF TAIWAN.
3. SIMILAR CELEBRATIONS WERE HELD BY THE COMMUNISTS IN MACAU WHICH WERE ATTENDED BY GOVERNOR LEANDRO.
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