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Telno 896 16 July, 1967
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Addressed to Foreign Office telegram No. 896 of 16 July. Repeated
for information to:
Hong Kong POLAD Singapore.
Washington
People's Daily of 16 July carries commentator articles entitled
"Hong Kong compatriots continue to struggle resolutely". Summary
follows.
2 On 10 July Commonwealth Secretary Bowden boasted that "with the
complete support of the British Government the Hong Kong authorities
will take all necessary measures". These measures are to suppress our
Hong Kong compatriots. Following on the Sha Tao Kok incident which they
deliberately created the Hong Kong authorities have continued to attack
patriotic institutions arrest and dismiss workers, kidnap reporters from
NCNA and patriotic newspapers and to employ fully armed regular troops.
This suppression cannot be tolerated by Hong Kong compatriots or by
seven hundred million Chinese people. The British authorities must
immediately stop all Fascist atrocities and admit their guilt otherwise
they must bear all the consequences.
3. Like all reactionaries the British are over estimating their own
strength. They put on brave airs but are really terrified of our Hong
Kong compatriots. London talks about "complete support" but what does
this amount to? For all their thunder about "maintaining a sufficient
garrison" they have only moved in one battalion of mercenaries. When
their American bosses are using a million of their own and puppet troops
in Viet Nam and are still engulfed in a people's war it is laughable for
the British to attempt to intimidate our Hong Kong compatriots and the
great Chinese people.
4.
Despite brutal oppression by British authorities the resistance of
our Hong Kong compatriots is increasing "the history of Hong Kong will
be written by the Chinese people and the fate of Hong Kong is in the
hands of the Chinese people" The Hong Kong compatriots have already
given British imperialism powerful blows but these are only the first
thrust. The masses must be still more completely launched and still
better organised and the struggle resolutely continued.
5.
The seven hundred million are closely watching the struggle and are
determined to use all necessary measures to give complete support to
their Hong Kong compatriots until final victory is achieved. "Let
British imperialism tremble before the Chinese people".
6.
Same paper contains 3 other articles on Hong Kong: one reports arrest on
15 July of 2 more NCNA representatives and 5 reporters from
'patriotic" newspapers. "Despite sternest warnings" of Chinese
Government. Other articles report protest in Hong Kong at burial of the
7 "martyrs" and formation of an anti-persecution struggle committee by
students of universities and colleges in Hong Kong.
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My telegram No. 1037.
SITREP 26 at 16 1200.
Isolated attacks on police and on public transport
Disorder spread
for the first time into the New Territories town of Tsuen Wan on
Saturday night. There have been more cases of the use of explosives, the
police being the main targets. Two English
have continued, mainly in Kowloon.
TV cameramen were assaulted by a group from the Bank of China on
Saturday and had their camera seized and broken (my telegram 906 No.
1043 refers). 28 men and women including representatives
of the N.C.N.A. were arrested after a demonstration outside Government
House on Saturday afternoon. The rumoured stoppage of food supplies has
not so far taken place. The police
carried out a number of raids on Communist premises over the weekend.
Friday 14 July.
Five vehicles were burned and 12 others stoned on Friday
night. Four home made bombs were thrown at police patrols in Kowloon
where there were two riotous gatherings. In dispersing one the police
had to fire a round from a Greener gun. One man was killed and another
wanded. Police arrested fifteen when dispersing a crowd in Wanchai.
Three off duty policemen were assaulted. Shortly after 15 0200 the
police raided a Chinese Communist school in the western district of Hong
Kong. The students of the school had almost certainly been involved in
the incident when a policeman was killed with a cargo hook on 9 July.
Two arrests were made, a quantity of improvised weapons and seditious
pamphlets recovered. There was no violence.
Saturday 15 July.
There was a demonstration outside Government House by a deputation,
which included representatives of the N.C.N.A., local reporters and
school teachers, against the arrest of the N.C.N.A. reporter (my
telegram No. 1002 refers). They refused to disperse and were arrested,
which they must have known would happen. 2230 an explosive charge was
thrown at the door of a block of naval other ranks quarters causing
damage to windows but no
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in Nathan Road during the early hours of the morning.
In Tsuen Wan, disorderly crowds formed and were
dispersed by the police. Two detectives were stabbed, one seriously,
while making arrests and another was injured by a bomb. A series of
police raids were carried out in one of which a man was found dead who
is believed to have been wounded in a clash with police. Various
improvised weapons were recovered. 26 people, in all, were arrested.
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On Sunday 16 July the police carried out two pre- planned raids on urdon
prenigee in Kowloon and Hong Kong. During the course of these ride
anformation was gathered that a large meeting was to be held for that
afternoon in the workers club of the Federation of Tranel Uniona
(F.T.U.), believed to be the nerve centre of the All Circles
Anti-Persecution Struggle Committee (A.C.A.P.S.C.). Accordingly an
operation was mounted The police achieved at short notice against this
major target.
their objectives in every case without violent resistance although
improvised weapons were found in considerable numbers. It was obvious
that almost complete surprise had been achieved. A total of 539 people
were arrested and are now being screened. It is already known that they
include a number of senior union
Examination of officials who hold high raws in the A.C.A.P.s.c.
documents seized is expected to yield considerable profit also. I have
declared the premises of the F.T.V. workers club and it associated
buildings to be a closed area to prevent the reoccupation of the club
until the detailed scareh is complete.
2. On Hong Kong Island the targets were the Thino Dock Workers Union
Welfare Centre(TDMJ), the Taikoo Sugar Refinery Workers Union
(T.S.F.W.U.) and the Motal Industry Workers Union
These unions are (M.T.W.U.), all in one block ir. Shaukelwan. among the
most militant in the Colony. A total of eighty-six people were arrested
including at least three senior union officials. Complete surprise was
achieved; there was no resistance though some delay was imposed by
locked steel grilles one of which had to be blow out by army personnel.
The only casualty was a man who fell from the building while trying to
escape.
3. In Kowloon the planned target was the Motor Transport Workers Union
(M.T.W.U.) Kowloon Hotor Bus (K.M.B.) branch. Communist influence in
K... has always been very strong and dismissed union membera have played
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there being a union meeting in progress when the raid went in. Delays
were again caused by steel grillen. A total of two hundred and thirty
three arrests were made. There were no casualties.
4. The subsequent raid on the F.T.U. workers club was equally
successful in achieving surprise. Some two hundred people were arrested
in the first sweep through the building. A large conference room was
discovered ready for a meeting. There was also a smaller sound proofed
air conditioned and protected conference room on the 7th floor which was
obviously the nerve centre of the A.C.A.P.S.C. A quantity of documents
of considerable potential was seized. A more detailed search disclosed a
steel door which gave access to the next building occupied in part by
another union. A further one hundred and fifty people were arrested. Of
the total arrested only two hundred and twenty were detained. These
included several men wanted by the police and known to be occupying
important positions in the A.C.A.P.3.0. There were no casualties.
5. The improvised weapons found included crude fire bombs, bottles of
petrol, stacks of bottles on the roof, home made spears and some
singularly unpleasant forms of bludgeon. No actual firearms were found
though there were many wooden models of rifles and machine guns. In the
F.T.U. workers club over two hundred cwts of rock were found
strategically positioned for dropping on to the police.
6. It is as yet impossible to tell what the long term effect will be
of these arrests. It is probable that our success has been limited to a
relatively small sector but the damage to the morale of the Communists,
never very high, must have been considerable. The complete success of
the police, the effectiveness of our security arrangements and the
complete lack of mutual support in a crisis between unions must have
taken their toll. I believe this to have been a successful weekend's
work, for which the police primarily, but also the military, who carried
out cordoning duties, deserve great credit. The effect on the morale of
the general public has been good and it is noteworthy that the
considerable crowds who collected around the cordons made no hostile
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At about 1130 a crowd of demonstratore from NCNA and the major Peking
newspapers collected outside this office and began shouting "British
Chargé come out".
2.
I sent Blishen and Appleyard to the front gate where several
protests were read out and handed to them. The police cordon was rather
larger than last time and succeeded in keeping the crowd back. The
protests concerned the reported arrest of two NCNA correspondents and
"five other Chinese correspondents of patriotic papers" on 15 July. As
usual the protest demanded apologies, compensation and a guarantee of
the normal facilities for the NCNA, punishment of those responsible and
assurances that similar incidents would not occur again.
3. The demonstrations were escalated to some extent compared with those
on 13 Jaly in that the demonstrators throw tomatoes and scored a few
hits on Blishen and Appleyard. One, however, struck a revolutionary
interpreter a resounding blow on the head.
Mr. Hopson
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information to Hong Kong and POLAD Singapore and Washington.
People's Daily of 17 July carries three items on Hong Kong. The first
reports protest statement of 17 July from the all-China Federation of
Journalists and protest telegram from NCNA both about the arrest on 15
July of two more NCNA reporters. Second article reports violent
incidents in Hong Kong on 12 and 13 July, and a statement of All Circles
Persecution Committee on 15 July calling for counter-attack against Hong
Kong authorities with every kind of weapon. Third item describes
memorial rally of more than 1,000 Hong Kong workers on 15 July for the
seven martyrs.
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My telegram No. 1049.
SITREP as at 18 1200.
Isolated outbreaks of violence continued on Sunday 16 July and to a
lesser extent on Monday 17 July. One man was killed and the dead body of
another found. The threatened strike by members of the Hong Kong
Seamen's Union (H.K.S.U.) has not so far made much progress. Intensified
intimidation is reported among some groups of dock workers. The police
carried out three successful raids on Union premises on Sunday (my
telegram No. 1054 refers) and one minor one on Monday. Pro Communist
newspapers on 15 July virtually called for an armed insurrection. On
Friday night, the police arrested four leading Communist supporters
after raids on their homes. them were well known local film stars. The
proposed food stoppage appears to have been cancelled or postponed.
Sunday 16 July.
Two of
2. A bomb exploded in Hong Kong and an unsuccessful attempt was made to
set fire to the Wanchai post office. Crowds on two occasions in Wanchai
forced the trams to suspend operations. Police in dispersing them on the
second occasion hed to open fire with Greener guns. One man was killed
and two injured. In Kowloon, there were two attacks on vehicles. In
Tsuen Wan, small crowds twice gathered but were quickly dispersed and an
unsuccessful attack was made on a vehicle. The body of a man, believed
to have been wounded in the disturbance on Saturday night, was found on
a roof top. Five people were arrested.
3. Monday 17 July was comparatively quiet. interfered with trams in
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