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TO IMMEDIATE F.C.0 TEL NO.1191 OF 11 OCTOBER 78,

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING,

ROUTINE: CANBERRA, SINGAPORE,

INFO SAVING WELLINGTON,

Plienter extrai's are appropriate files.

PLEASE PASS TO CABINET OFFICE FOR SECRETARY J.1.C.

THE FOLLOWING IS THE LIC ASSESSMENT FOR SEPTEMBER 1970.

WINESE COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES.

DURING THE MONTH THERE WERE SEVERAL INDICATIONS OF GREATER CO-OPERATION AND A MORE RELAXED RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPING BETWEEN THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES AND THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT THAN AT

ANY TIME SINCE 1949.

2. THE NON-COMMUNIST MEDIA MADE MUCH OF A SPEECH IN WHICH THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE LOCAL BRANCH OF THE N C NA MADE WHAT AMOUNTED TO AN APOLOGY FOR THE DISTURBANCES WHICH TOOK PLACE IN HONG KONG IN 1967 AND WARNED HIS AUDIENCE AGAINST ALLOWING

THEIR RECURRENCE.

3. THE COMMUNIST PRESS EMPHASISED THE ROLE OF HONG KONG IN SUPPORTING THE CHINESE PROGRAMME FOR MODERNISATION AND ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT.

4. BOTH THE SHIPPING AUTHORITIES OF KWANGTUNG PROVINCE AND THE

HONG KONG YAU MA TEI FERRY COMPANY CONFIRMED ON 23RD SEPTEMBER THAT DAILY HOVERFERRY SERVICES BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CANTON WILL

COMMENCE IN MID-NOVEMBER. AGREEMENT WAS ALSO REACHED BETWEEN THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT, HONG KONG AND A DELEGATION FROM THE CHINESE CIVIL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION FOR CHINA TO OPERATE NON-SCHEDULED PASSENGER FLIGHTS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CANTON

DURING THE CANTON AUTUMN FAIR IN OCTOBER.

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