ROUNDUP NEW MATTER MISSION 4 HONGKONG
EARLIER 2,000 CHINESE, SINGING COMMUNIST SONGS AND SHOUTING SLOGA. WITH CLENCHED FISTS RAISED,
HAD GATHERED OUTSIDE KOWLOON RAIL WAY STATION TO AWAIT THE ARRIVAL OF THE COMMUNIST MISSION.
AUTHORITIES IN HO.KONG HAD FEARED THAT THE COMMUNISTS, WHO PLAN ED TO "BRING RELIEF" TO CHINESE VICTIMS OF
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A FIRE IN THE COLONY LAST NOVEMBER', WOULD "GATE-CRASH" THE BORDER' INTO HO KONG.
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COMMUNIST BROADCASTS HAD LINKED THE MISSION'S TRIP WITH ATTACKS ON BRITISH AUTHORITIES FOR ALLEGED PERSECUTION OF "PATRIOTIC CHINESE."
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A HONGK O GOVERNMENT SPOKESMA 9 REPORTED THAT THE MISSION, WHICH HAD NOT SOUGHT FOR MAL PERMISSION, PLANNED TO SEEK ENTRY INTO THE COLONY TODAY AT 1030 LOCAL TIME (0230 GMT). BUT AT NO0.9 POLICE AT THE BORDER REPORTED NO SIGN OF THE MISSION, WHICH APPARENTLY DID NOT TURN UP.
A MESSAGE FROM CA 90.9 SOUTH CHINA, SAID THE VISIT HAD BEEN "POSTPONED".
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ONE BRITISH SOLDIER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED BEFORE E RIOTERS BEGA..9 TO DISPERSE.
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