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THE BATTLE FOR HEARTS AND MINDS

12.

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demonstrate

support.

key element in the CPG's

that the

constitutional

U)

rategy will be to

package lacks popular

The CPG's Hong Kong apparatus has started to talk

in terms of mass action to oppose the package:

(a) Marches to

Government House and sit-ins will

be used to demonstrate

opposition

by

the

"masses"

(b) The

Federation of Trade Unions

will seek

to

link

bread-and-butter

1ts opposition to the package with

issues (e.g.. inflation) to

increase

the public's

ntment of HKG

policies generally.

(c) The DAB will seek to split the liberal camp

by

of

expressing support for the social policies

"liberal" political groups while seeking to

isolate individuals (e.g., Martin LEE) whose

stance in favour of

democracy "supports the

UK" and "opposes the motherland".

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