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　　　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.

　　　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.

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".

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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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 Kowloon there were two riotous assemblies both quickly dispersed and one bomb thrown at a police vehicle. All postera, slogans and newspapers were removed by the police from the outside of major Communist premises 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 a prominent part in the

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recent attacks on public transport. Complete surprise was achieved, 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 move.

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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".

　　　　　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.

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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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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.

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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 Wanchai.

Crowds again An explosion in the tram depot damaged two trams. Police raided the Dairy Farm Employees Union premises and removed posters and slogans from outside a large CPG store without incident. There were three other incidents involving explosives without damage or casualties.

4. The H.K.S.U. called upon its members to go on strike on 17 July, to refuse to handle imports and exports to and from

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Hong Kong, to resign from locally based shipping companies and only to take new employment with Union permission. Seamen's Recruiting Office is still dealing with applications. The Director of Marine has sent a letter to all Hong Kong based seamen throughout the world pointing out the dangers of a general withdrawal of labour. Agitators have been at work several ships but there are no reports of any major support for the strike so far. Port working has continued normally, although there are fresh reports of renewed intimidation among employees of the Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company.

5. The main headlines of leading Communist newspapers on Saturday dealt with a statement by the All Circles Committee which was virtually a call to armed insurrection using any weapons including those captured from the "enemy", A similar statement by Leung Wai Lam, Director of N.C.N.A., was also given prominence. There has been a lively reaction in the local press to the arrest of the delegation outside Government House on 16 July. Among those detained were two reporters from the N.C.N.A. and three from the main local Communist papers, as well as a number of school teachers including the headmaster of a Communist school. There have also been protests about the arreat of two well known pro-Communist film stars.

6. The series of successful police raids have reassured the public transport workers who are nonetheless aware that they remain the primary targets for hooliganism and terrorism. Services by day are generally satisfactory but fall off markedly after dark and terminate quickly if there is any trouble.

7. It appears that the proposed stoppage of food supplies has definitely been cancelled or postponed. There are reports that the main local CPG distributing agency has refused to cooperate unless ordered to do so by Peking.

8. A strike by the H.K.S.U. could, if successful, disrupt the Colony's shipping services and overall economy. Police raids on Union premises have caused considerable disruption and damaged morale. Undoubtedly the Communists will have to try Bome counter measures, which could well include an intensification of bomb throwing and hooliganism, if they are to restore the flagging morale of their supporters.

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AFTER THE EXCHANGE ON DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY REPORTED IN M.I.P.T, DE LA MARE SAID THAT HE HAD ONE FURTHER QUESTION TO RAISE. THERE HAD RECENTLY BEEN TWO CASES OF CHINESE CARRYING OUT ACTIVITIES WHICH WERE NOT PROPER FOR THOSE GIVEN PROTECTION AS DIPLOMATS OR FOREIGN OFFICIALS. WHEN PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS HAD TAKEN PLACE OUTSIDE THE CHINESE OFFICE IN LONDON ON 4 JUNE (MY TELNO. 575) MEMBERS OF CHINESE OFFICE HAD SALLIED OUT AND INTERFERED WITH THE DEMONSTRATORS. THIS MIGHT NOT BE A VERY GRAVE ISSUE BUT A WORSE CASE HAD JUST OCCURRED IN HONG KONG. ON 15 JULY WHEN A BRITISH TELEVISION REPORTER AND HIS CAMERAMAN WERE TAKING PICTURES IN THE STREET OUTSIDE THE BANK OF CHINA, CHINESE FROM INSIDE THE BUILDING, SOME DRESSED IN THE UNIFORM OF BANK MESSENGERS, RUSHED OUT, ATTACKED THEM AND STOLE THEIR CAMERA. H.M. GOVERNMENT TOOK A SERIOUS VIEW OF THIS INCIDENT,

2. SHEN P'ING JUMPED AT THIS CHANCE TO TAKE A PREPARED STATEMENT ABOUT HONG KONG FROM HIS POCKET, ADDING AS A PREFACE THAT IT HAD BEEN QUITE CORRECT FOR MEMBERS OF THE CHINESE OFFICE IN LONDON TO LEAVE THEIR BUILDING AND DEMAND THAT THE POLICE CALL ON DEMONSTRATORS TO CEASE THEIR PROVOCATIVE ACTIONS. HIS STATEMENT ON HONG KONG WAS A CONCOCTION OF RECENT PEOPLE'S DAILY ARTICLES ON THE SUBJECT, HE MENTIONED THE SHA TAU KOK INCIDENT AND THE QUOTE KIDNAPPING OF THE N.C.N.A. REPORTER UNQUOTE AND SAID THAT QUOTE SANGUINARY ATROCITIES

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3. DE LA MARE SAID IT WAS A SHAME THAT THE CHINESE VOCABULARY APPEARED TO BE SO LIMITED. WE HAD ALREADY HEARD SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT DROPPING STONES ON OUR FEET AND COMING TO NO GOOD END. GETTING IN WITH THE LAST WORD AS HE LEFT THE ROOM, SHEN P'ING SAID THAT WE HAD SO FAR PAID NO ATTENTION TO ALL THE CHINESE PROTESTS, THE CHINESE MEANT WHAT THEY SAID AND IT WAS THEIR WORDS WHICH WOULD COUNT IN THE END.

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Two recent events seem to merit your attention:-

In full view the Bank of China are engaged in erecting what appear to be defences against a helicopter landing on their roof. These take the form of heavy guage steel wire rope joined together by a web of barbed wire, the whole supported on steel stanchions. The story has been widely splashed in the local press here and seems worthy of a little ridicule. I suggest that it should be described as defences against ghosts and monsters not against helicopters.

Despite support from the Seamen's Union of China for the Hong Kong Seamen's Union strike called on 17 July, (N.C.N.A. 071824) one of the ships which sailed from Hong Kong on 19 July was the C.P.G. ship "NAN HAI 133" which discharged her cargo on 18 July and sailed yesterday from Whampoa. Local press has carried these details. As you will know so far the strike has had extremely little success, It is interesting to see the C.P.G. in the role of strike-breaker.

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In view of efforts to misrepresent events here, you should know for the record that Hsueh Ping was found guilty on 19 July of "unlawful assembly" and "forming part of an intimidating assembly" and sentenced to two years imprisonment on each count, the sentences to run

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Having heard on the B.B. C, News yesterday evening that the N.C.N.A. reporter in Hong Kong had been sentenced to two years' imprisonment, I thought it prudent as a precautionary measure to invite Mr. Anthony Grey, the Reuters correspondent to stay with

He therefore moved in last night.

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2. It is possible that the retaliatory action against Grey.

Chinese will try to take some

If, for example, they request me to surrender him to the police on some charge, I would in the first instance refuse and say that I must refer the matter to you. I should, however, be grateful for some general guidance as to what to do if something of this kind takes place. On the other hand, it is quite likely that the Chinese will be satisfied with keeping Grey here by denying him a seat on any aeroplane leaving China which, as you know, they have been doing for the past week.

3. I should be grateful if you would let Reuters know that Grey is staying with me for the time being. Please also consider what sort of retaliatory action could be taken against N.C.N.A. in London if need arises,

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A STUTTGART TRAVEL AGENCY HAS RECEIVED A LEAFLET FROM THE QUOTE CHINA INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION UNQUOTE, POST- MARKED HONG KONG, ADVISING PROSPECTIVE TOURISTS TO POSTPONE THEIR TRIP TO HONG KONG UNTIL THE ANTI-BRITISH STRUGGLE IS WON, SINCE THE BRITISH ARE LOSING THEIR HEADS, THE SITUATION IS OUT OF CONTROL AND ANYONE MAY BE KILLED BY A STRAY BULLET.

2. NORMAL GERMAN PRESS AND TELEVISION COVERAGE OF THE SITUATION IN HONG KONG IS OBJECTIVE, SENSIBLE AND ACCURATE, AND I DO NOT THINK ANY REMEDIAL ACTION IS CALLED FOR LOCALLY TO COUNTER THE LEAFLET. BUT YOU MAY HAVE EVIDENCE OF A MORE WIDESPREAD CAMPAIGN WARRANTING SOME ATTENTION.

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An attempt to

continuing in their attempts to gain a dominating position in the various markets.

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20 July.

lavatory in Kai Tak, and one incendiary attack in Kowloon.

There were four bomb incidents, including one in a person was slightly hurt, the lavatory and a meat van damaged, Except for two cases of rubbish fires there was no mob violence. Intermittent stoning continued at Low Wu and spread to Man Kan To.

Qne

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killed in recent clashes have been buried under Government During the last week the bodies of nine more men arrangements without exciting major comment.

6. attempt to step up terrorism in order to offset the loss of The Kal Tak incident may be the first move in an morale which has resulted from recent police raids and arrests. So far, the bombs used have been crude and rather ineffective. The harassment of immigration and police officials has been stepped up and could lead to a nasty incident which could easily get out of hand.

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Following is weekly assessment of the situation as at midnight 20/21 July.

Principal features of the Communist confrontation over the past week have been:-

(a)

A virtual cessation of mob violence

except for one day in the New Territories, but there have been up to six home-made bomb attacks daily on targets such as police stations, public buildings, vehicles and service establishments.

(b) The strike called by the H.K. seamen's union has achieved little success except that some crew members of ships sailing to Chinese ports have refused to sail for fear of trouble there. There has been an improvement in public transport following a setback earlier in the week.

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(d) There have been minor incidents involving stone

throwing, effigy hanging and poster pasting at

Lo Wu.

(e) Memorial services for those who have been killed have been held though without much publicity and there has been little reaction to burials undertaken by Government. Arrests following demonstrations against police action have included 5 Communist journalists (2 NCNA) and 18 teachers from Communist schools.

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　　　Throughout the week police, assisted by military forces, have continued with offensive action against Commun: organisations and personalities in the course of which union, school and commercial organisations have been raided, together with the homes of a number of Communist cadres. Large quantities of weapons, including acid and petrol bombs, have been seized together with considerable quantities of inflammatory propaganda and documents, many of high intelligence value. No physical resistance has been encountered in any of these operations, although in most cases it has been necessary to force open iron grilles. So far 19 people of security interest have been detained under the provisions of the Deportation of Aliens Ordinance. 90 have been charged in court for offences connected with these operations.

30 Reliable sources have indicated that the morale of the Communist workers has been seriously affected by these actions and that the leaders are afraid to gather together in recognised Communist buildings, apart from the Bank of China and NCNA premises. Union members have been instructed to remain at home until contacted and there is little doubt that the Communist organisation has been disrupted, at least for a time. There is no indication that the Communist leaders intend to desist from the confrontation and there is little doubt that, following a brief lull during which they will regroup and plan their next move, there will be a renewed outbreak of anti-Government activities. These may take the form of increased terrorist and sabotage activities, possibly utilising more sophisticated equipment.

4. The reaction from China to the offensive moves by Government against Communist organisations in Hong Kong has, so far, been surprisingly mild and has evoked, to date, no official protest.

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There has been no mob violence for several days though sporadic hit and run attacks with improvised bombs and incendiaries have continued against the police, military and Government premises. Our officials at Lo Wu have been harassed. There is a steady extension of bus and tram services where morale of employees has improved. The strike of the Seamen's Union (HKSU) has had little effect. Food supplies are normal.

2. 18 July.

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　　　　The first day without mob violence for some time. There were a total of five bombing incidents with only one minor casualty. At Lo Wu, unarmed civilians and farmers returning from their land in British territory threw stones, shouted slogans, broke notices and put up inflammatory posters on our side. police carried out five raids in the urban areas, arresting seven people, and also cleared posters from outside Communist shops and a cinema. Two British owned ships sailing to Whampoa were delayed by reluctance of the crew to risk an unfriendly reception, although another British ship did sail there. The Bank of China has set up a barbed wire entanglement on its roof, presumably as a defence against helicopters. water tanks may also have been erected which makes the bank

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3. 19 July.

Again a quiet day with two unsuccessful incendiary and three bumping attacks. One bout thrower was hoist with his own petard and is now in hospital under guard. He may provide a lead on the bomb throwing organisation. There was a repetition of harassment at Lo Wu. The police carried out three raids and evicted a CPG shop from its promises in a resettlement area. people in all were detained. The bus and tran situation shows

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　　　　　There were four bomb incidents, including one in a lavatory in Kai Tak, and one incendiary attack in Kowloon. One person was slightly hurt, the lavatory and a meat van damaged. Except for two cases of rubbish fires there was no mob violence. Intermittent stoning continued at Low Wu and spread to Man Kam To. 16 people have been detained as a result of five police raids on Communist premises and to arrest wanted men.

　　5. During the last week the bodies of nine more men killed in recent clashes have been buried under Government arrangements without exciting major comment.

6. The Kai Tak incident may be the first move in an attempt to step up terrorism in order to offset the loss of morale which has resulted from recent police raids and arrests. So far, the bombs used have been crude and rather ineffective. The harassment of immigration and police officials has been stepped up and could lead to a nasty incident which could easily get out of hand.

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Following P.Q. by Mr. John Tilney, M.P. is for reply Tuesday 25th July.

24th July.

"To ask the Secretary of State whether he is satisfied hat supplies of food and water for Hong Kong are, and will be adequate; and if he will make a statement."

Draft reply for submission to Ministers is as follows:

"Yes. A temporary stoppage of food supplies from China was organised by the local Communist leadership at the end of June. Since then supplies have been normal. If further stoppages occur it may be neces- sary to turn to other sources, which are of course available, in order to ensure a regular supply of essential foodstuffs. The practical arrangements are under urgent examination.

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　　People's Daily of 21 July carries two articles on Hong Kong. First reports protest by All-China Journalists' Association at sentence passed on Hsueh Ping and arrest of other Hong Kong reporters which includes warnings and demands in usual terms.

　　2. Second article gives a full account of Hsueh Ping's statement in Court on 19 July.

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NONA Reporter, Hsueh Ping.

　　　It would be legally possible to remit sentence and to deport and we gave consideration to this before trial. Despite his pro-Communist attitude and NCNA employment it is, however, possible that he would refuse to go to China - - even if the Chinese Government are willing to accept him. Having once released him we should be obliged, I think, to detain him pending deportation. If this happened Chinese would certainly accuse us having engineered his refusal.

2. Police inform us that, though he claims to be single, there is a woman who says she is his wife and that they have children. This may complicate issue.

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"Yes. There is a satisfactory stock of rice in Hong Kong and the bulk of supplies of this staple food come from sources other than China. Though the majority of supplies of a number of other essential food stuffs such as pigs, eggs, etc. come from China, local supplies and other overseas sources also contribute to meeting local demand. The temporary stoppage of food supplies from China which was organised by the local communist leadership at the end of June therefore caused some disruption but since then supplies from China have been more or less normal. If further stoppages of supplies occur and Hong Kong can no longer rely as it has done for some years on supplies of traditional food from China then it will be necessary to turn to other sources in order to secure a regular supply of all essential foodstuffs. Measures to bring forward alternative supplies are under examination."

2. Re the second paragraph.

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12 months read 3 months, we cannot expect much rain during the winter, and shall therefore not be able to maintain present supply from our own resources unless we have adequate storage at the beginning of the dry season. See enclosure to 1 to my savingram No.1334.

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We have been most grateful for your informative and up-to-the minute accounts of how confrontation has been developing and your very clear analyses of the situation and of the measures needed to cope with it. They give us all here a very real feel of the situation, and a sense of participating and sharing with you and your advisera.

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Hong Kong Squeeze

Mao's minions in the British colony of Hong Kong have upped the ante, moving from riots to strikes to terrorism. Meanwhile, Chinese in neigh- boring Kwantung have made mob Incursions into one section of the colony and have fired across the border, killing five policemen. Britain's earlier hope that its Armness would give the Maolsts pause 1s dining. There is no longer the same confident expectation that Hong Kong's hard-cash value to China (soine $500 million a year in for-

eign exchange) will dampen Peking's desire to squeeze the British out.

The stop-and-go character of Communist pres- sure suggests an element of calculation. So does Peking's care to attribute the border shootings to its "frontier guards," rather than to its army. But the purpose of the calculation is unvoiced- perhaps even undecided. China says it wants the British to kowtow but it has not said what it will do if they don't, or even if they do. Whatever the Communist purpose, it is likely to be implemented by degrees of harassment, such as reducing the water supply from the mainland, rather than by outright ultimatum. This would complicate Brit- ain's already difficult decision on how to respond.

So far the British have called out the police, and now their troops, to keep order, but it is obvious they lack the financial, military and po- litical wherewithal to stay in Hong Kong on their own if the Chinese determine to eust them. That would pose the question of American support.

Certain things can be said about that now. Un- ke the major American position in the Far East. which is the consequence of post World War 11 strategic considerations, the shrunken British pa- sition is a commercial-imperial carryover from the 19th Century. The practical difference is that the British have-at this late point-only proft and pride to lose, not power and prestige. And profit and pride are more dispensable.

Physically, Hong Kong is so vulnerable as to have little strategic value for the United States. · Politically, it is vulnerable because it is unques tionably Chinese; Britain is there by virtue of a lease pressed on a suppine China in an age past. "Ah American decision on backing the British would have to hinge on whether London felt there were valid reasons of high strategy for a joint British-American presence in the Far East. Such a presence would have to cover not Hong Kong alone but Vietnam and the region as a whole.

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You should see the enclosed editorial comment from the Washington Post of 14 July about our position in Hong Kong.

2. I do not know whether it will come across to you in the same way, but the feeling I get, quite strongly, is that the arguments in the earlier part of this commentary (some of which are perverse, and not the sort of analysis current among those who follow the so matters in Washington) have been devised to serve as a load in to the "message" in the latter part.

　　And I am bound to add that I think the drift of this latter part, illogical and unwelcome as it may be, would dominate public opinion in the circumstances envisaged, and that the Administration, whatever they might themselves wish to do, would have to take account of this.

Otherwise the raporting of events in Hong Kong has been accurate, if sometimes excited, here, and the Hong Kong Goverment have had a good pros5. Indeed, I have noticed only one other unhelpful piece, a rather malicious N.B.C. television commentary by a correspondent whose "news" had nothing to do with current events but was simply that he had discovered no civil or military official in Hong Kong who believed that, if the Chinese mounted a serious con- frontation, we would stand up to it.

4. I am sending copies of this letter to Wilford in Hong Kong and Whitney in Paking.

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My telegram No.1090 to Commonwealth Office.

Hsueh Ping and 2 N.C.N.A. reporters on remand.

　　　N.C.N.A. have applied for permission to visit Hsueh and others. Situation is that Commissioner for Prisons may permit one visit a month to prisoners under sentence and two per week to those on remand. Situation will be explained to Ñ.C.N.A. accordingly.

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Sitrep as at 25 1600.

The Colony has remained generally quiet although sporadic bomb and incendiary attacks have occurred. On the border stone throwing at police, immigration officials and troops has continued despite intervention from time to time by C.C.A. guards. Police raids on Communist premises have recovered more documents anā improvised arms and a number of people have been arrested including one senior Communist official. The Seamen's Union strike has still not had any significant effect on shipping (my telegram No.1105 refers). There are reports that there is to be another payment from Communist funds to those dismissed after recent strikes. There has been no rail traffic from Canton to Shun Chun since 23 July. (My telegram No.1107 refers.)

2. There have been two or three bombing attacks a day for the last four days, none causing any casualties or major damage. Police stations and army married quarters and billets have been the main targets, though there have been two explosions, one in a lavatory and another at the entrance to a subway, which could have

Two bomb throwers have been designed to cause civilian casualties. been injured and arrested. Incendiary attacks, sometimes with home made bombs, have continued with slightly more success, the main targets being taxis and buses.

3. Storing of Security Forces on the border both by children and adults who advance into British territory for the purpose, has continued. C.C.A. guards on at least two occasions have ordered the demonstrators away, but the possibility of an incident, which could have repercussions, increases as the Chinese become more arrogant and our forces more irritated.

4. Police raids have continued without resistance but with decreasing dividends. However, one prominent Communist leader has been arrested and also one trouble maker from Kowloon City who jumped his bail in early May. Improvised weapons and gas masks in considerable numbers have been recovered as well as a great deal of propaganda material and some documents. A school raided ox. 24 July produced the largest single haul of subversive leaflets etc. and had obviously been used as a distribution y sins, RECEIVED IN

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have also removed or obliterated inflammatory propaganda on Communist buildings in some cases painting over windows where there are illegal displays.

　　5. There are reports that union members who have been discharged for industrial misconduct are shortly to receive further payments from Communist funds. The degree of confusion caused by police raids on union premises is bound to make this a lengthy and difficult process.

　　6. The continued bomb and incendiary attacks, although ineffective and infrequent, have succeeded in maintaining a certain degree of tension. Otherwise there has been a noticeable increase in confidence in all quarters except among the Communists whose morale appears still to be declining. The main problem at the moment is the border which remains difficult.

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　　The second reports a statement on 23 July issued by the Secretariat of the Afro-Asian Journaliste Association condemning the treatment of NCNA and other journalists in Hong Kong.

　　The third reports an anti-British rally of 12,000 compatriots in Macao on 24 July. There is also a photograph showing youthe and students holding a pro-Mao demonstration in Northpoint.

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I told the Minister of Stato yesterday that the

Foreign Office wore going to send us a passage on long

Kong which it was proposed to includo in the Foreign Secretary's sponch at the House on Thursday. This is now

attached.

2. It is possiblo that, following on the Secretary

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As the House has already been told by my Right

Hon. Friend, the Commonwealth Secretary, the Hong Kong

Government has acted with the greatest possiblo

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and thoro lo no foundation whatever in accusations of

atrocities. But we cannot allow ourselves to be

intimidatod ofthor by throats from China or by the

violont outbreaks of local Communist sympathisors.

As my Right Hon. Friend made it clear in his statement

on 10 July, the Hong Kong authorities have tho full

support of Har Hajesty's Goverment in taking all

necessary monaurco to maintain poaco and security in

Hong Kong. We intend to fulfil our rosponsibilities

towards Hong Kong and to take all the mosaures needed

to restore the situation there so that the people may

settlo dom once again to their normal pursuits.

If someone ask "Is it our intention to remain

in Hong Kong?", the Secretary of Stato night

raply "Certainly, we intend to stay".]

We hope that on this basis our relations with

China may be put on their provious footing to the

mutual benefit both of Hong Kong and China.

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I onclone copies of a concerted acries of articles from last Sunday's Bashington Post on the general theme of Fritain's problemo in her remaining dependent territories. There are sparo copies of this letter and enclosures for you to pass on to the Departmento concerned.

2. As you will sce, two of the four articles are reprints from The Observer. Lary Stern is the City Editor of the Washington Post end not really a foreign affaire man at all. The only genuine Washington Post contribution from a person who might be said to be writing in his own field is the article about Hong Kong by Stanley Karnow, The timing and reason for this series of articles is therefore a little difficult to fathom; the timing may be purely fortuitous and the sories may have been put together by Larry 3tern es & good gimmick during the "oilly ocason".

3. While the general tone of the articles is not basically unfriendly, and in general it is not unwelcome to see so much attention paid to what Britain is doing in the world as a whole, there are one or two unpleasant points.

HongKong

Cofy for. Hong Kong & West Indian Dyst Shurch Struce.

(J. S. Whitehead)

Robert F. Ford, Leq.

Joint Information Policy & Guidance Department

Foreign Office/Commonwealth Office

AECEIVED IN ICHIVES NO.63

JUL1967

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The Washington Post

Outlook

SUNDAY, JULY 16, 1967

COLUMNISTS

EDITORIALS

Sun Setting Luridly on Bits of Empire

No Laugh to Anguilla, Politically Adrift

By Laurence Stern

Workington Post Hour Writer

ANGUILLA, West Indies - It is all

too tempting to cast it as a comic opera, a Ruritanian happening. this spectacle of little Anguilla becoming Britain's first ex-calony to seek re- union with the Crown.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　The case and the plot are rich enough for a dozen Peter Sellers comedies.

But there are overtures of serious trouble In the circumstances that caused 6000 normally gentle Angull- Jins on this patch of coral and vol.

3 Laurence Stern-The Washinaten Pat

Peter Adams, sometimes called the "President of Anguilla," holds a press conference after the islanders voted overichèlm- ingly for accession from the State of St. Kitts, Nevis and Anguilla.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　canle debris to eat themselves Joose from the central government some T0 miles away.

"Legally, we are wholly independent and adrift," declared one Island lead. er after the secession vote. in a state. ment that was both a celebration and

■ lament.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Aside from its 15 men ruling council, the Island has little in the way of for mal civil govenment Since the forcible

Anguil

Anguilla

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Self-styled independent republic 175 miles southeast of Puerto Rico, formerly a part of St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla self-gov erning state in British Common- wealth.

15-member Ruling

Government

Committee.

Area-35 square miles.

1'opulation-8000.

National resources-One salt pond. Principal export-Salt.

breakaway from the central govern ment of Premier Robert Bradshaw, The Anguillans have flown the Union Jacks, the flag of San Francisco, which was donated by an admiring newspaper ediler from that elty, and now no flag at all. The island It, In a sense, a stateless state.

Anguilla is pressing its case for al filiation with the rest of the world both in London and at the United Nations. Ils leaders have appealed to the United States and Canada to adopt it as foster parents but both teferred to Britain's seniority as co- Jonial proprietor of Anguilla for the past 300 years,

And Britain takes the view that the Chunder on the islands is purely in internal matter for the newly emanci pated state to solve.

Att this has led in a serio comic es calation of both offensive and defen sive actions on both sides. Anguillans, fearful of invasion by Bradshaw's fil- liputian navy and air force, are ready at a moment's notice to block the island'a airstrip with melal drums and automo- biles Rifles and revolvers are legion on the jaland

An Overseas Expedition

ND IN THE capital city of Basseter re on St. Kitts, there are persistent reports of arms shipments flown in to Anguilla by night from Antigua. The prison at Basseterre holds 22 political prisoners Implicated by Bradshaw's police in a zany, pre dawn shoot-em- up on June 10 during which no one was hurt and not an inch of territory was exchanged.

The government is convinced that The Ineffectual attack was launched from Anguilla's shore. Among those ar rested were the leader of the opposi tion Political Action Movement (PAM), William Herbert, and two while Kit Lians from prominent island families.

Since the Incident, Bradshaw has im- posed near martial law on his island and has sworn in 162 "special con stables" citizens whose duty it is to help check subversion against the gov ernment. Some apprehensive residents of Basseterre liken the special run- stables to the ten ton maconte or. canized by Haltian dictator Francol Duvaller.

"Man, there is intrigue all around this city," said one well-known Ki Utian. "People are terrified to talk. Bradshaw's got spies all over the place,

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The British Empire has long since passed into history. The larg er elements broke away to form the Commonwealth, and one by one Whitehall has been gently nudging the smaller fellows out of the nest into independence. Some of the fledglings, however. are tearing up the roost prematurely: Aden in the Middle East and Anguilla in the West Indies, for instance. And alien forces are causing trouble for Gibraltar and Hong Kong, two crown col· onies that Britain is in no hurry to relinquish. The situation in these far-flung hotbeds is explored on this page and Page C3.

坚决支持工人的大黑工!

An export version of Man Tse-tung's Red Guards at work in Hong Kong.

like that woman in the green dress who is coming toward us now."

Another implored: "Please, in the name of God, don't use any names it you write about this They have thugs who will cut your throat gladly for 25 cents"

There is a strong undercurrent of admiration for the Anguillan secession In Rasselerre "Now that they broke away. whispered a "St. Kitts white" woman, "Anguilla is our nearest free republic"

Bradshaw refuses to see reporters these days on grounds that the British and American press have projected a harsh and unfair image of him to the outside world. "He went out of his way to talk to reporters, but he feels it is pointless," explains the bearded young Minister of Education, Fitzroy Bryant

Fear in the Streets

RADSHAW'S OBSESSIVE concern

Bwith security and his turn toward

more and more "emergency" measures have given rise to fears that the Island 5 heading toward a Haitian style re gime.

Rigid restrictions have been imposed on public meetings in St Kitts. Con- versations on the streets are awkward. low pitched and accompanied by fre quent backward glances

Last weekend, without general notice, airport police began Impounding movie cameras and tape recorders carried by

Incoming visitors.

Word is around that the central gov

*rnment is trying to import helicopters From private American supplier Heli ropter landings would be the only way 1 circumvent the simple but effective Blockade of Angullia's strip

But any attempt at military seizure could plunge the island chain into a blood bath Anguitian spirits are high, expecially after the intoxication of newly proclaimed independence.

Bradshaw is not the only specter haunting the Anguillant Private com mercial interests are beginning to circle the island, whose exquisite beaches- among the most dazzling in the Carib bran-make it prime piece of off shore real estate

Miami and Bahamian based gambling Interests, looking for new elbow room in the Caribbean, are eyeing the drift- ing state with growing interest. Anguil- la's leaders had a picturesque visit Jast week from an American who said he could bring the island a water system and factories In exchange, he said that his sponsors, described as a "1000-year- old European religious sect," wanted two square miles of Anguilla turned over to them in perpetuity.

"The commillee thought he wanted to start some sort of free love colony and turned him down," said an Island source. The Anguillans were also some- what taken aback by the American's dress He wore kilts.

Help From Harvard TO HELP GUIDE them through the

legal perils of new statehood, never-

al well-to-do Anguillang hired Harvard

Enla

constitutional law Prof. Roger Fisher, who flew down from his vacation home In Martha's Vineyard to observe lavt Tuesday's election

During the voting and the ceremonies later, the blond, rangy Fisher fitted about continuously, drafting and typing statements un his portable, giving ad- vice and carrying on rounds of con. Aultation with and leaders. Fisher had brought the Anguillan draft can stitution to the land from Martha's Vineyard in his attache ease.

"As an international lawyer." Fisher explained. "I was interested in the problem of the ministate, say the typi cal former colony, that is too small to maintain its own civil service. And Then, suddenly, along came Anguilla "

Hong Kong

Hong Kong-Brush crown colony off the southeastern coast of Kwangtung Province, China. Government-Governor acting with advice of 12-member Executive Council. advice and consent of 17-member Legislative Council.

Area-308 square miles. Population-3,133,000,

Natural resources-Deep-waler

harbor.

Princma! exports

Ships, textiles and plastic, melal, electrical and Textile products.

Hong Kong Deflated

By Stanley Karnoir

Ww.ninkin Post Forum Berelem

TONG KONG--Though perched on

I the ear of red ca as precari

Dunly as a village on the slope of ■ vol. cano, Hong Kong Is one of the world's exolle boom Towns.

Modern skyscrapers, soaring against a landscape of verdant hills, frame a barbor burtling with freighters, junke and sampan Air conditioned factories compete with putrid sweatshops and Imposing banks rival street corner money-changers Mandarins and mer- chants, sailors, kingsong airis, coolien, confidence men and lady tourists from Dubuque all mingle in a thriving Jum ble of East and West that seems to be in perpetual, profitable motion

This vitality, sustained over the past dector, has slemmed from three main stimuti orderly British calonial admin. istration, Lireless Chinese enterprise and the lolerance of Peking, which earns nearly hat! its foreign exchange playing expitalist here. Since the mid- dle of May, however, much of long Kong's strength and self-confidence has been sapped by a roll of Commu- nist-inspired disorders and violence.

Basically Nihilistic

EFYING NIGHTLY curfews, mobs

DEFYING av Tom Card through

the city's streets, burning buses, smash- ing shops, stoning police and creating other have. Peking has encouraged The mayhem, mostly with rhetorle and, for a brief moment last weekend, by a burst of machinegun fire over the bor- der that killed five Hong Kong palice-

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But while Communist in name and inspiration, this turbulence is really nailistic in its apparent lack of clear. cut, defmable purpose. For at no time have the Communists, either here or In Peking, specifically threatened to oust the British from Hong Kong and reinstate the colony as part of ad. Jacent Kwanglung Province as before its annexation by Bellain in the last ceptury

Testead, the unrest here appears to be essentially a spillover from the China of Mao Tse-tung's reckless Cul- 1urel Revolution. The youngsters swirl- ing senselessly around Hong Kong are. in effect. local counterparts of the Red Guards, motivated by Mao' fuzzy exhortation that "rebellion is just- fied"

I justifiable rebellion Inside China See HONG KONG, Page B3, Col. 1

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THE WASHINGTON POST

Sunday, July 16, 1967 B

Irony in Aden Fighting Is the Measly Prize

John de St Jorre

Landan Observer

DEN-Except for sporadic terror.

iam, Aden in quiet.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　British troops have put down the rebellion in the crown colony's Arab ghetto. Senior Arab officers have quelled the mutiny by police cadeta and troops of the federal army.

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　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　But the revolt of June 20, in which a dozen British soldiers were sacred, cast a long shadow. It falls acrom January, 1888, when Britain will grant independence to Aden and the semlautonomous shelkhdoms that are linked with it in the shaky South Arablan Federation.

The hope for peace and a stable gov- ernment la faint Indeed, and what little there is rests on the federal army, a force of untested and questionable ability to control the militant though divided nationalists who seek the de struction of the federal government.

Little to Fight Över

THE

THE REAL IRONY is that there is lit-

the worth fighting over. The Federa tion of South Arabia-Aden colony and 16 autonomous "up-country" sultanaten -lạ no El Dorado. It has no oil or se rious prospect of it, little farming or in- dustrial wealth, little important eco- nomle value at all apart from Aden It- Telf.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　And in a shrinking jet world, even the port of Aden, well situated, cheap and efficient, is a diminishing financial and strategie asset.

British influence, now overwhelming. Is largely ephemeral. Once the milltary base has gone, only the businessmen and civil servants on contract-a few hundred at the most-will remain.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　The military presence awamps the civil. With a radio network (there are two separate full-time stations), clubs, beaches, cinemas, shops and a PR unit, the services have created a self-suffi clent world of their own.

The old-time colonials keep their end up at the Union Club-past its best, but Indisputably British.

Spawner of Grenades

LOCAL BOURGEOISIE seeking compromise and stability has yet to emerge. The seeds, in the shape of Aden's commercial and professional classes and the growing federal civil service and army, have taken root but are yet tiny cases in a vast desert of have-nots.

In the meantime, overcrowded and

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Aden-British crown colony Inmouth. western Arabla on the Gulf of Aden: member of the Federa tion of South Arabia. Government High Commissioner assisted by Council of Ministers and Legislative Council. Area-75 square miles. Population--250,000.

depressed Aden continues to breed gre nade throwers and, in the hills, the car- rying of arms remains a preordained, virtually inescapable way of life. Up- country, and even in the colony itself, guns are the convertible currency, A British Creation'

THE BRITISH CREATED. rather

Tthan colonized, Aden. A minor and

almost derelict port in 1839 when it was annexed to the Crown, Aden has blos somed into busy shipping and trading center with a mixed population of over

• quarter of million-including al- most 100,000 Yemenis-squeezed Into 75 square miles.

Although growly underprivileged In comparison with other British colonies, Aden has passed through fairly typi- cal colonial experience, with all that that implies in the way of growing pol

tic) suphistication and rising expecta. dioni.

But the rest of the Federation, with roughly double the population of Aden, into which the colony was frogmarched by the British In 1963, knows little of this.

the Association with

British through treaties which left external af fairs and defense in the hands of the Imperial power-where they still re- main-was quite a different upbringing from direct rule.

The theory was that eventually a working relationship would emerge. The theory is still valid, but time has almost run out. At an unspecified date

In 1968, the British military base will go and South Arabia will become Inde pendent.

Out of the morass of mistrust, vio lence and complexity which characters Ize South Arabian politics, two salient points stand clear. The first 16 strangely

irople.

Few people now, despite the deep di- visions, talk of breaking up the Federa- tion South Arabig may even prove to be Britain's only successful experiment in federal architecture. The others, like Central Africa and Malaysia, have col- lapsed, but while the stresses inside South Arabla have become worse and worse, neither the nationalists nor the sultant want to bring the house down. What is at issue is who should be mas.

ter.

Narrowing Gulf

THE SECOND undisputed fact is that

the gulf between Aden and the hinterland Ja narrowing. Traditional rul ers are becorning national polluclans and bureaucrats: Land Rovers and giant Berliet lorries are ousting the camel; the DC-3 is not so much an air plane as a way of life, and transistors now hang navel-level amid the jumble of bandollers, daggers, pistole and broad leather belts.

There is also a growing awareness of each other. The nailonalista are begin ning to realize that fighting British imperialism, whether in Crater or the Radfan, is no longer enough. Nor can the unsophisticated tribal and suttanic loyalties, still strong in many places, be totally ignored.

Arab pporters of the Front for Liberation build fences against British tanks in Aden,

plausible, even convincing, when put across by a man like Sheikh Muham mad Farid al-Aulaqul, the Minister of External Affairs.

"We in the federal government gen- uinely believe that we represent a large section of the South Arabian people and are not afraid to put it to a dem- ocratic test of 'one man, one vote,'" he

says.

But the gap still appears unbridge able. The main contenders, in the sim plest terms, are the "Feds" versus the "Nats" The federal government, which I already self-governing, consista mainly of the old rulers sultans, sheikhs, emirs and shariffs-who divide The People Like It'

their time between their own states and the new federal government seat at Al-Ittihad ("the Federation"), 20 miles from Aden.

In this government there is a leaven- ing of Adenis -four ministers, all moderate, middle-class and politically damned since they were appointed by the British and have no significant fol. lowing.

It is difficult to justify the existence of the federal government (and the manner in which it was created) in modern, democratie terms, but there is no getting away from the fact that it does exist and that Its case can sound

Reds Stall Hong Kong Boom

HONG KONG, from Pare Bl

■imed at alleged Ambiguously "counter-revolutionarles" difficult to identify, however, the target In Hong Kong is more visible. It is the British- the infamous "British imperialists."

Ghost of Singapore

THE

THE ATTACK on the British is an offensive against a ghost. Britain's authority in the Orlent collapsed with the fall of Singapore to the Japanese in 1941 and its residual presence in this tiny colony is only a kind of accidental afterthought.

The Chinese Communist leaders are well aware of London's Intentions to once withdraw gradually from its mighty bastions east of Suet, ending the era of Rule Britannia, For Peking. though, assaulting the British in their final hours in the Far East is a gym- bolte action that conveniently has a nationalistic appral to all Chinese.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　It was the British, burst out of their Jaland in the 19th century, who were the first foreigners to defeat the Celes- tial Universe that China considered it- self. That penetration Into the Sacred Middle Kingdom, begun by the British In the Opium War of 1840, opened the way for the French, German, Rus sians and other Outer Barbarians, lesy. ing humiliating cars on Chinese na. Vonal pride. Perhaps the roots of

Mao's intense chauvinism Be In the fact that his formative youth was a period in which China, dominated by assorted foreign spheres of Influence, was what he now calls a "semicolonial" country.

A Laugh for Moscow

KONG is an irritating re-

Hminder of that period. In its way,

100, It also represents an ideological challenge to Mao. For here, on terr tory rightfully belonging to his China, stands an enclave of mid-Victorian capitalism that works,

Indeed, Hong Kong has worked so well that even Peking uses it to earn some $600 million annually from ex- ports of food, textiles, banking opera tions and other business. The incon- gruity of the world's foremost "Marx- ist-Leninists" relying for hard currency on the heirs of Adam Smith never falls to tickle the Soviet leaders, constantly berated as they are by Mao for their "modern revisionism."

Within recent times. Hong Kong's principal asset has been its ability to inspire trust in a region of instability. That sense of trust received a big boost after World War II when the colonial government and the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank combined to redeem at face value some $15 million worth of phony currency issued by the Japa

nese during their occupation of Jion: Kong.

News of the colony's financial solid- Ity spread through Asia. Its largest Initial Impact was in China, then suf fering from wild Inflation as Chiang Kal-shek's Nationalist government crumbled. Many Shanghai Industrial ists, among others, shifted their capital to Hong Kong, bought cholce sites and built factorles.

UP-COUNTRY, HOWEVER, a dichot

omy between the federal 'line' and more traditional views is revealed Mohsin, deputy ruler of the Emirate of Dhala, put it succinctly: "After Inde- pendence, the present system of govern- ment (Le feudal rule) will continue here; the people are used to it and like it."

Nervously tapping his new dictating machine, with a carbine at his side and * pistol and dagger in his belt, Mohsin was clearly unprepared to submit bim- self to any kind of democratic process. And judging by the number of bullet and

bazooka holes in his brother Sha'afal's palace in Dhala-the nearest the equivalent South Arabla has to Harris Poll, holes indicating unpopu Jarity he is a sensible man.

Others, like the deputy ruler of Au- dhali State, Nalb Ja'bil, whose bother, Sultan Saleh, is the ruler and also Ped eral Minister of Internal Security, are much more certain of their ground. A

Polyglot Rock Hugs Blighty

By Roy Perrott

London Observer

Low taxes, cheap labor, free money flow and relatively honest governmen soon stimulated the prosperous, perse cuted overseas Chinese of Southeast Asia to move their capital to Hong Kong. In the process, the colony changed from an entrepot of British trading firms to an aggressive center of

BOUT A QUARTER of a million light industry, Hong Kong-made ex

years ago, • massive hump of ports, valued at nearly a billion dollar limestone some two miles long erupted last year, have Increased sevenfold

off the sea bed on the southern tip of Spain. This moment in geological times is when the frontier trouble be tween Gibraltar and Franco really

began.

since 1954

Workers Exploited

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UT "FREEDOM without democra cy." as a former governor once dr serbed Hong Kong's basic principle has its drawbacks. While giving bun nessmen freedom to make money, it has also left them free to exploit work ers. And particularly in aleary, mar ginal industries, management's treat ment of labor is often archaic.

In plastic flower factories, for exan ple, workers are on a piecework

wal

The Spaniards were bound to feel from the first that the Rock meant to be part of the mainland. Equally, no foreign maritime nation could fail to regard this towering senti- net over the Straits, almost an island In silhouette, as other than fair game for capture.

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fine looking man, very tough, a natural leader with a well developed political sense, he claims-and in South Arabian terms there is more than a little truth in it that he is a demoernt.

The nationalists the Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen

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federal government is digging its heels In The sullans Increasingly see their survival at a central government d- rectly linked with their continued ALA- tus as rulers back in the hills.

Elections Are Risky

INFORTUNATELY, although in theory the two sides agree to na Lional chestions under U N. supervision on the basis of universal suffrage, it is unlikely that their good faith will ever be put to the test

[FLOSY) and the National Liberation U

Front [NLF)) are united in their opposi tion to the British and the federal gov ernment-an it now stands and the continuation of sheikhdom rule up-coun But personalities, tactics and FLOSY's close links with the Egyptians divide them).

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While their difference

fairly clear,

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strength their respective followings In hot. FLOSY with its trade union backing (Abdulla al Asnag, the movement's most Impressive leader, first made his mark as a trade union official) is still proba bly the majority party in Aden, even though six of the 12 unions in the colony have broken away and now sup port the NI.F.

But in the interior and in the federal army, the NFL appears to hold the whip hand. The NLF has always been uncompromisingly hostile to the sul tans, although tronically 11 is at one with the federal government In Its op- position to Egyptian interference.

Thus while the nationalists are liter- ally at one another's throats (political assassinations are commonplace), the

Atlantic Ocean

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Strait of Gibraltar

MOROCCO

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pete for business with their Mediter ranean equivalents

In 1964, before Gen. Franco began putting restrictions on traffic at the frontier in pursuit of his campaign to recover soVETELERİY over the Rock, British residents from the Corla Del Sol (the adjacent part of the Spanish roast) used to drive into Gibraltar once a month or more often, pick up their pension or allowance at Barclay's and then load the car with a huge cargo of English groceries.

The ancient märki of shot and shell on the Rock show how much hurt Spanish pride is vested in Gibraltar. When in 1964 the Spaniards intensified Ahern Tranter and customer cheeksak

Shortage of time before independ ence is one hindrance, and the national- Ists' insistence on the prior dissolution of the federal government is another. A third would be the undoubted reluc- tance of some of the sultans to submit themselves to such an undignifled and potentially disastrous exercise.

Probably the only unifying element in the whole fragmented business is the federal army. Drawn from all tribes, well trained and led by officers who, virtually without exception, have come up the hard way through the ranks, i as a force to be reckoned with, on both fighting and political fronts.

When the British have finally gone, this professional, wholly South Arabian army may fulfill its destiny. As one polrtically minded officer put it to me. "Aden the head of the Federa tion: the rest is the body We must stay together whatever happens, either by free will or, if necessary, by force

Gibraltar

Gibraltar British crown colony at

the southern tip of Spain. Government-Governor assisted by Executive Council and Legislative Council.

Area-24 square miles. Population

rison).

-28.460 (including gar-

material from Spain. Let them realize the artificiality of their economy on the Rock, its dependence on Spain

It is hard to say which side the re- strictions hurt most, since Gibraltar and the adjacent area of Spain had be

come

strongly Interdependent. The Rocks Spanish workers took home about three times the normal wage for the same sort of work in Spain. The Gibraltarians normally spent around $17 million a year in La Linea, just across the frontier, and other nearby towns

In 1965, the United Nations Trustee- ship Committee Invited Britain and

The

* separate full time stations), clubs, -ww network (there are beaches, cinemas, shops and a PR unit, the services have created a self-suffi cient world of their own.

The old-time colonials keep their end up at the Union Club-past its best, but indisputably British.

Spawner of Grenades A

In the meantime, overcrowded and

cal colonist experience, with all that - grossly underprivileged in comparison with other British colonies, Aden has passed through a fairly typl that implies in the way of growing pol itical sophistication and rising expecta tions

But the rest of the Federation, with roughly double the population of Aden, into which the colony was frogmarched by the British in 1963, knows little of this. Association through treaties which left external af- with the British fairs and defense in the hands of the imperial power-where they still re- main-was quite a different upbringing from direct rule.

The theory was that eventually a working relationship would emerge. The theory is still valid, but time has almost run out. At an unspecified date

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able. The main contenders, In the m all appears unbridge plest terms, are the "Feds" versus the "Sats." The federal government, which is already self-governing, consists mainly of the old rulers-sultans, sheikhs, emirs and shariffs-who divide their time between their own states and the new federal government seat at Al-Ittihad ("the Federation"), 20 miles from Aden.

In this government there is a leaven-

uinely Dry

section of the South Arabian people and are not afraid to put it to a dem ocraile test of 'one man, one vole," he says.

The People Like It'

UP-COUNTRY, HOWEVER, & dichot

omy between the federal 'line" and more traditional views in revealed. Mohsin, deputy ruler of the Emirate of Dhala, put it succinctly: "After Inde-

ing of Adenis four ministers, all pendence, the present system of govern-

moderate, middle-class and politically damned since they were appointed by the British and have no significant fol lowing.

It is difficult to justify the existence of the federal government (and the manner in which it was created) in modern, democratie terms, but there to no getting away from the fact that it does exist and that its case can sound

Reds Stall Hong Kong Boom

　　　　　　　　　　HONG KONG, from Page Bl zmbiguously almed at

alleged "counter-revolutionaries" difficult to identify, however, the larget In Hong Kong is more visible. It is the British- the infamous "British imperialists."

Ghost of Singapore

THE ATTACK on the British is an

Toffensive against a ghost. Britain's

　　　　　　　　　　　　authority in the Orient collapsed with the fall of Singapore to the Japanese in 1941 and its residual presence in this tiny colony is only a kind of accidental afterthought.

The Chinese Communist leaders are well aware of London's intentions to withdraw gradually from its once mighty bastions east of Suez, ending the era of Rule Britannia. For Peking. though, assaulting the British In their final hours in the Far East is a sym- bolic action that conveniently has a nationalistic appeal to all Chinese.

It was the British, burst out of their island in the 19th century, who were the first foreigners to defeat the Celes- tial Universe that China considered II- self. That penetration Into the Sacred Middle Kingdom, begun by the British In the Opium War of 1840, opened the way for the French, Germans, Rus- sians and other Outer Barbarians, leav- ing humiliating scars on Chinese na- Perhaps the roots of tional pride.

HONG

KONG

Mao's intense chauvinism lle in the fact that his formative youth was a period in which China, dominated by assorted foreign spheres of influence, was what he now calls a "semicolonial" country,

A Laugh for Moscow HONG KONG is an irritating re-

minder of that period. In its way, too, it also represents an ideological challenge to Mao. For here, on terri tory rightfully belonging to his China, stands an enclave of mid-Victorian capitalism that works.

Indeed, Hong Kong has worked so well that even Peking uses it to earn some $600 million annually from ex- ports of food, textiles, banking opera tions and other business. The incon- gruity of the world's foremost "Marx ist-Leninists" relying for hard currency on the heirs of Adam Smith never falls to tickle the Soviet leaders, constantly berated as they are by Mao for their "modern revisionism."

atse during their occupation of Hon Kong.

News of the colony's financial solid Ity spread through Asia. Its larges! Initial impact was in China, then auf fering from wild Inflation as Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government crumbled. Many Shanghai Industrial Ists, among others, shifted their capital to Hong Kong, bought choice sites and built factories.

Low taxes, cheap labor, free money flow and relatively honest government soon stimulated the prosperous, perse cuted overseas Chinese of Southeas Asia to move their capital to Hong Kong. In the

process, the colony changed from an entrepot of British trading firms to an aggressive center of light industry. Hong Kong made ex ports, valued at nearly a billion dollars last year, have Increased sevenfold since 1954

Workers Exploited

UT "FREEDOM without democra

ment (Le. feudal rule) will continue here; the people are used to it and like It."

Nervously tapping his new dictating machine, with a carbine at his side and a pistol and dagger In his belt, Mobsin was clearly unprepared to submit him- self to any kind of democratic process. And judging by the number of bullet and bazooka holes in his brother Sha'afal's palace in Dhala-the nearest equivalent South Arabla has to the Harria Pell, holes indicating unpopu- Jarity he is a sensible man.

Others, like the deputy ruler of Au- dhati State, Naib Ja'bil, whose bother, Sultan Saleh, is the ruler and also Fed eral Minister of Internal Security, are much more certain of their ground. A

Polyglot Rock Hugs Blighty

By Roy Perrott

Landes ObeRITER

BOUT A QUARTER of a million years ago, massive hump of limestone some two miles long erupted off the sea bed on the southern tip of Spain. This moment in geological times is when the frontier trouble be (ween Gibraltar and Franco really

within recent times, Hong Kong's Bormer governor once de. began.

principal asset has been its ablilty to Inspire trust In a region of Instability. That sense of trust received a big boost after World War 11 when the colonial government and the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank combined to redeem at face value some $35 million worth of phony currency issued by the Japa

"I didn't (huff!) really

went to (pu]!!) blow the damn thing down anyway!"

scribed Hong Kong's basic principle, has its drawbacks. While giving bus nessmen freedom to make money, t has also left them free to explolt work- ers. And particularly in sleazy, mar ginal industries, management's treat ment of labor is often archaic.

In plastic flower factories, for exam ple, workers are on a piecework bask. receiving no compensation when their flimsy molds break and getting Hittle more than advice from government in their efforts to Improve their cond tions through collective bargaining.

It was in a Kowloon artificial flower factory in May that a labor dispule first turned into ■Communist-led riot Within a week, the real issue was for gotten as Mao's followers emerged to escalate the minor ruction into a broader political drive that swept along in its momentum many of the staid. sensible pro-Communist bankers and businessmen who for years had served as Peking's representatives here. A Terrifying Handful

T FIRST, the Hong Kong authori

The Spaniards were bound to feel from the first that the Rock was meant to be part of the mainland. Equally, no foreign maritime nation could fall to regard this towering sentl- nel over the Straits, almost an island in tlhouette, as other than fair game for capture.

Between these two conflicting views, the Rock has been quivering down the centuries. Siege and countersiege the cycle has been more or less con- tinuous, with occupiers of the moment starved or cannonballed out by incom ing tenants.

The British, on whose behalf Adm. Rooke planted the flag In 1704, with- stood fire ships, bombardment and hunger. They sweated heavy cannon to the top of the hill to get a longer trajectory. They built defensive walls, roads, barracks and big dry docks im- portant enough, on the imperial route to India, for royalty to come out and open them.

A Parody of Home

S GENERATIONS of settlers ar

ties sought to negotiate a settle. A rived, a light Bille township, very

ment with the colony's traditional lef

western side of the Rock. The place began to get a faintly domesticated

Ist leaders. They quickly discovered, cramped for space, sprang up on the however, that Hong Kong's "cultural revolution," like its inspirational exam ple in China, had thrown up a wholly look, an odd mixture of an English new array of hard-core Communists. coastal garrison town and all the places

Though they probably number no

the settlers came from: Genoa, Malta, more than 5000, they have managed to

Spain, India, Portugal and Morocco, frighten and paralyze a population of

Mediterranean influence is naturally four million people in much the same

strong, but it is overlaid by the British way that a handful of guerrillas can

determiniation to make any colony look terrorize a province.

Just like home. Both are now inex Abandoning its peaceful overtures, tricably mixed. The policeman who

the colonial administration has now mobilized its police and British mil Lary garrison-some 20,000 fight a determined counterinsurgency Hong Kong officials are counting an

men-lů

heavyfoots along Main Street at night, checking the door of the Indian bazaar or the Italian bakery, wears reg ulation blue tupie and pointed blue helmet. But he may well be of Portu

the hope that Peking, true to its bellet guese extraction, and when he gets

back to the station, he chats to the sergeant la Spanish, the lingua franca

that "people's war" must be waged by the people themselves, will not inter vene. Thus the prospect is a long, het of the town.

and possibly bloody summer of mean-

The telephone box under the palm

ingless strife generated by fanatles tree is standard red government, post trying to make their conduct conform office issue. Boots the druggish, Bar-

to Mao's quotations,

clay's Book and Lipton's grocery com

Liberation of Occupied South Yemen [FLOSY] and the National Liberation Front (NLF]) are united in their opposi tion to the British and the federal gov ernment-as It now stands and the continuation of sheikhdom rule up-coun- try. But personalities, tactics and FLOSY's close tinks with the Egyptians divide them.

While their differences are fairly clear, the strength of their respective followings not. FLOSY with its trade union backing (Abdulla al-Asnag, the movement's most impressive leader, first made his mark as a trade union official) is still proba- bly the majority party in Aden, even though six of the 12 unions in the colony have broken away and now sup port the NLF.

But in the interior and in the federal army, the NFL appears to hold the whip hand. The NLF has always been uncompromisingly hostile to the sul tans, although ironically li is at one with the federal government in its op. position to Egyptian interference.

Thus while the nationalists are liter ally at one another's throats (political assassinations are commonplace), the

Atlantia Doran

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pete for business with their Mediter. rancan equivalents.

In 1964, before Gen. Franco began putting restrictions on traffic at the frontier in pursuit of his campaign to recover sovereignty over the Rock, British residents from the Costa Del Sol (the adjacent part of the Spanish coast) used to drive into Gibraltar once month or more often, pick up their pension or allowance at Barclay's and then load the car with a huge cargo of English groceries.

The ancient marks of shot and shell on the Rock show how much hurt Spanish pride is vested in Gibraltar. When in 1964 the Spaniards intensified their frontier and customs checks, it was simply another cycle of the same old siege. Only the weapon was new- frustration.

Well-versed in that emotion thent- selves, the Spanish showed ingenuity in applying the screw while sticking more or less strictly to the bureau- cratic rulebook. The prosperous Gi- braltar bourgeoisie were proud car- owners, were they? Well, let them feel the refined torture of owning a car with nowhere to go.

There would be no more picnic weekends in Spain for the Gibraltar lans, unless they wanted to endure ten hours in the customs queue on the way; No more football match ex- changes; no more sherry or building

Qajud Press InternatioDAI

Between the Spanish town of

Le Lines in the foreground and Gibraltar is the no man's land border ares.

Eiertons Are Risky

UNFORTUNATELY, although in

theory the two sides agree to na- tional elections under C.N. supervision on the basis of universal suffrage, it is unlikely that their good faith will ever be put to the test

Shortage of lime before Independ ence is one hindrance, and the national- ists' insistence on the prior dissolution of the federal government ja another, A third would be the undoubted relue- tance of some of the sultans to submit themselves to such an undignified and potentially disastrous exercise.

Probably the only unifying element in the whole fragmented business is the federal army. Drawn from all tribes, well trained and led by officers who, virtually without exception, have come up the hard way through the ranks, it is a force to be reckoned with, on both fighting and political fronts

When the British have finally gone, this professional, wholly South Arabian army may fulfill its destiny. As one politically minded officer put it to me: "Aden is the head of the Federa tion; the rest is the body. We must stay together whatever happens, either by free will or, if necessary, by force."

Gibraltar

Gibraltar-British crown colony at

the southern tip of Spain. Government Governor assisted by Executive Council and Legislative Council.

28,460 (including gar-

Area-24 square miles. Population rison).

material from Spain. Let them realize the artificiality of their economy on the Rock, its dependence on Spain.

come

It is hard to say which side the re- strictions hurt most, since Gibraltar and the adjacent area of Spain had be strongly interdependent. The Rock's Spanish workers took home about three times the normal wage for the same sort of work in Spain. The Gibraltarians normally spent around $17 million a year in La Linea, just across the frontier, and other nearby

towns.

In 1965, the United Nations Trustee- ship Committee invited Britain and Spain to negotiate, and the first of these talks began in May, 1966. The positions of both sides quickly emerged. Britain saw matters as an affair between herself and the people of Gibraltar, who have the right to self-determination and self-govern- ment. Spain saw the whole thing as a matter of recovering lost sovereignty over a piece of national territory seized by conquest. As for the people. why these were merely camp followers of a British military base.

Voting in September

RITAIN BROKE off the talks,

which had dragged on for months, when Spain suddenly declared limita tions on the surrounding air space that British military and civilian aircraft would be permitted lu use. Britain offered to refer legal argument over rights to the Rock to the World Court, Then but Spain turned this down. Britain decided to refer it to the people of Gibraltar themselves. They will vote In September whether they wish to pass under Spanish sovereignty or to maintain the link with Britain while running their own domestic affairs.

Observers believe that 90 per cent or more will elect to stay British. They are strongly patriotic. They never seem to tire of turning out lo crowds once a month to see the garrison regiment change the guard at the governor's residence.

They also like to be British financial- ly. With the income tax at only 20 per Cent for a $14,000-a-year man, they do very well in legitimate business. Several private fortunes have also been made from professional smuggling.

But unless things get easier, money, like cars, could be an Achilles heel of frustration. Where do you spend it?

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indulge in such abuse, we think that refusal of visas should be employed as a remedial rather than as preventive action; we further

consider that such action should be confinod to those who have been particularly offensivo or who voice their criticism while in Hong Kong and can thus bo considered as interforing in the internal affairs of the Colony. Those mentioned in your paragraph 2 fall within this category, "We suggest that you and Tokyo should keep a joint "black list" of Japanese in this category (since they are likely to be the main culprits) and that separate

instructions should be sent to posts concerned as and when others offend in a similar way.

Delays in issuing visas dould, howevor, be usod as a proventive or cautionary measure in the case of those identified Communist travellers to China who might well be expected to indulge in abusive criticism either during or following their transit through Hong Kong. It will not always be easy to identify such travellers in advance but in the case of

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So far as the refusal of visas is concerned,

we can see some advantage in such action for those who have gone out of their way to be abusive about Hong Kong but we think that the net should not be cast too wide. There are no doubt a large number of visitors to China who transit Hong Kong, most of whom could be classified as Communista or sympathisers. In the present atmosphere many of these visitors will be required to "sing for their suppers by making ritual protests against whatever current bogey the Chinese are attacking. Hong Kong is likely to be on their list for some time. Hong Kong is useful to China as convenient entry point but interference in its use in this way would in our view tend more to encourage the Chinese to take more active measures against the Colony than to desist. In these circumstances and because of the difficulty of identifying in advance with any certainty those likely to indulge in such abuse, we think that refusal of visas should be employed as a remedial rather than as preventive action; we further consider that such action should be confined to those who have been particularly offensive or who voice their criticism while in Hong Kong and can thus be considered an interfering in the internal affairs of the Colony. Those mentioned in your paragraph 2 fall within this category. We suggest that you and Tokyo should keep a joint "hock list" of Japanese in this category (since they are likely to be the main culprits) and that separate instructions should be sent to posts concerned as and when others offend in a similar way.

Delays in issuing visas could, however, be used as a preventive or cautionary measure in the case of those identified Communist travellere to China who might well bo expected to indulge in abusive criticism either during or following their transit through Hong Kong. always be easy to identify such travellers in advance but in the case of Japanese we suggest you adopt course proposed in Tokyo telegram No. 367.

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People's Daily of 27 July carries NCNA article from Hong Kong which reports strong protest by Chinese compatriots at decision of Hong Kong authorities to further restrict water supply to 4 hours every 4 days. They denounce this measure as an effort to force them to abandon their struggle against British persecution and a contemptible attempt to try to switch the responsibility for the water rationing on to China. Article quotes report in Hong Kong Wen Hui Pao of 24 July of statement by "revolutionaries of the Tung Kiang Shum Chun water supply project administration" which points out that Chinese side have always scrupulously observed water supply agreements and condemns restrictions as a political plot.

2. Second article reports protest by various unions in

Hong Kong against police attacks on union premises and other patriotic organisations in which "not a few workers have been beaten to death, wounded or arrested. Statements say that unions are determined to continue with their joint strike which has now lasted for over a month.

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in Hong Kong daily receive many letters demanding immediate release of arrested reporters.

A photograph shows a column of Hong Kong students in a protest procession.

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Following is weekly assessment of situation as at midnight 27/28 July.

The principal features of the Communist confrontation over past week have been:

(a)

a continuation of home-made bomb attacks. The number of these attacks increased sharply on 26 July, when 11 explosions took place, mainly in Kowloon resulting in 13 people being injured and one man, involved in the attacks, being shot dead by police. For the first time in more than a week, small scale mob violence broke out, also on the 26th; however these disturbances were quickly quelled by police action;

(b) further minor incidents of missile throwing including

incursions at Security Forces on the border;

to striking workers. This will be a lengthy business as the majority of the union members are being paid at home. In one case, the Tramways Workers' Union, a Communist bank has refused to honour in full chequer made out to strikers, claiming that there are insufficient funds available. This has caused dissatisfaction amongst the strikers and may indicate that the Communist labour movement is running short of funds to support the strikers;

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attempts by officials of the Hong Kong Seamen'e Union which to a large extent have proved abortive, to spread the seamen's strike. So far only two vessels, both of which were scheduled to sail for China, have been delayed as a result of the strike, though a nuiser of others have sailed with slightly reduced creve:

a continuation of violent anti-British propaganda * Communist press, the major emphasis being atten police for action against Communist og ̧ ̈ ̈ ̧ ̧ Propaganda from China continues to concentrate upon tha arrest and trial of N.C.N.A. and other local Communist reporters.

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2. Police action, in the larger operations assisted by military forces, has continued against Communist organisations, in the course of which union and school premises, Communist organisations, China product stores and homes of Communist cadres have been raided and quantities of weapons, inflammatory posters and documents of intelligence interest seized. Apart from one incident in the New Territories, no physical resistence has been encountered in any of these operations. The continued action has had the effect of severely disrupting the Communist leadership, which has now disappeared into hiding, and has seriously affected the morale of Communist supporters, many of whom see little point in continuing the struggle.

30 Perhaps the most surprising aspect of the past week has been the lack of C.P.G. reaction to the offensive moves made by Government. Apart from championing the cause of the N.C.N.A. staff arrested by police and taking retaliatory measures against the Reuter's correspondent in Peking, the Chinese have given no indication of taking official cognizance of the developments here. This, in itself, has lowered morale of Communist supporters even further, as they feel they are being let down by China in their hour of need.

ㄩ。 The disruption of rail services between Canton and

Shum Chun seems to have been related solely to the chaotic conditions in Canton. Deliveries by road and sea of foodstuffs have been stepped up. Relaxation of C.C.A. control on the border area due to preoccupation in Canton could directly influence the situation for the worse.

5. Despite the lull in Communist activities on the ground, apart from the bomb attacks, there is no room for complacency in that there is no indication that the Communist leaders will discontinue the confrontation. At present however, the border is

the main area of tension, where the comparatively minor stone throwing could quickly flare up into a major incident between the Army and possibly the C.C.A.

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2. Second article reports a series of raids by armed forces and police on Chinese organisations and shops from 25 July to 27 July in which Chinese workers were "savagely beaten up and unjustifiably arrested".

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Sitrep as at 31 1600.

Bomb throwing at specific targets has now given way largely to the planting of bombs in public places aimed at terrorising the general public. Five Communist reporters, including one from the N.C.N.A. have been arrested for trying to incite a group of teenagers. The border has remained quiet with only sporadic stone throwing incidents.

　　　　There have only been isolated incidents of crowds gathering unlawfully. The most serious was in Kowloon on the evening of 26/7 when a number of vehicles were stoned or set on fire. A man involved in a bomb explosion near a bus was shot dead by a detective.

3. Since 25 1600, bomb dispersal teams have dealt with 59 bombs. They are not very sophisticated, but some booby trapping has been found and all are intended to go off if moved. In almost every case the explosive has been black powder, normally used in making firecrackers. This is very unstable, which means that the devices often have to be exploded in situ. Gelignite and dynamite are much used here in quarrying and construction work, but only in a few cases have these explosives been used. Controls on both firecrackers and other explosives are being tightened up. The worst incident was a bomb hidden in a straw effigy which exploded on being moved by a beggar, injuring ten people including four children in a tram queue. Casualties otherwise have been light. Statistics for the period 25 1600 to 31 0800 hours are:

Explosions 35

Bombs disposed of by Army or Police 57

The number of bombs has risen sharply in the past three days.

LL. The arrest of five reporters including one from N.C.N.A. who were observed distributing leaflets and inciting a crowd of young people brings to three the number of N.C.N.A. employees awaiting trial.

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60 Since 25 1600 there have been 12 raids by police (on some occasions with military support) on Communist premises. 100 persons were arrested or detained for enquiries and quantities of improvised weapons, gaemarks and subversive posters and other material seized.

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7. After two bombs had been found in the possession of two men in Kowloon on 26/7, police followed up information and seized six further bombs and 32 sticks of commercial gelignite in a village near Kwun Tong. A package containing nine bombs was also found in Tsuen Wan on another occasion.

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Paragraph 2. Although bomb disposal teams have only disposed of 57 bombs in this period, inspections of suspected have also taken up much time. For instance on 29 and 30 July there were over 100 suspected bombs (some of them deliberately designed to resemble bombs) which turned out to be false alarms. the army has taken steps to reinforce its bomb disposal teams and a joint bomb operations group has been set up at the Colony Pol/Mil H.Q.

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　　The influential Mainichi Shimbun is publishing a series of "first-hand" reports on the situation in Hong Kong. So far three front-page articles all alarmist in tone have appeared on successive days,

2. Information Counsellor has spoken to the managing editor making the point that such sensational treatment of the subject can only tend to destroy confidence in the stability of Hong Kong and thus is damaging to Japanese interests as well as others.

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　　　People's Daily of 2 August carries one item on Hong Kong. reports that on 30 July the All China Federation of Trade Unions issued a protest statement about the "continued persecution of Hong Kong compatriots by the British Facist Authorities", and sent a telegram to the Hong Kong Anti-persecution Struggle Committee announcing a further payment of HK dollars 10 million to support the anti-British strike struggle.

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Following is weekly assessment of situation as at 0800 hours 4 August 1967.

The principal features of the Communist confrontation over the past week have been: --

(a) The replacement, to a large extent, of bonh throwing by the planting of bombs in public places. 86 such bombs have been dealt with by bomb disposal tea: since 28 July, whilst 18 explosions, caused by bomb throwin' or devices detonating before the arrival of the bomb squady, have occurred during the same period. Three people have been injured by these explosions. A large number of false reports, nearly 100 on one day alone, are also being received; many of these are genuine mistakes on the part of the public, but some are deliberate hoaxes. Six arrests have been made for possession of bombs or connection with bomb incidents. A number of those detained have provided evidence of the involvement of at least two Communist trade unions in organising this campaign.

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(f) A continuation of anti-British propaganda in the local Communist press whic as made exaggerated claims about the effects on the stonomy of Hong Kong of strikes by seamen and other workers, propaganda from China has condemned police action in Hong Kong and one People's Daily article, reporting the arrest of a man in the Kowloon walled city, claimed that this area has always been under Chinese jurisdiction.

(8) Despite disruption of railway services supplies of food have been maintained et a satisfactory level by road and sea.

2. Police action, in some cases assisted by military forces, has continued against Communist organisations, largely as a follow up to reports of the involvement of Communist unions in organising the planting of bombs. These operations have yielded quantities of offensive weapons, inflammatory posters and, in some instances, documents of intelligence interest. The Communist leadership has still not surfaced and overt activities in many left wing organisations have been brought to a standstill. Union members have, in many cases, been instructed to stay at home; employees of Communist film companies have been given indefinite leave; and the detailed schedule of activities planned in the Communist schools for the summer holidays have, to a large extent, been abandoned.

3. Morale in Communist organisations remains very low despite further Chinese donation of fun .5. This gift arrived at a time when there was increasing evidence that local Communist funds were getting low. Many of the rank and file feel that China should give more tangible evidence of support than has been forthcoming so far.

41. Reaction from China to the offensive moves made by Government is still very slight and has been confined to denunciations over the radio, in the press and a perfunctory reference in a long speech by the Acting Chief of Staff of the P.L.A. to the effect that "we must resolutely support the compatriots in Hong Kong in their struggle against the British authorities". This was coupled with the usual reference to liberation of Taiwan. No reference was made of liberation of the Colony, possibly indicating that there has been no change in China's policy of physical non-intervention. It seems likely that the chaotic situation in central China and Canton has distracted attention from the local scene, at least for the time being. Nevertheless, there is still no indication whatsoever that the local Communist leadership intends to abandon its policy of confrontation with the Hong Kong Government.

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　'Peoples Daily' of 5 August reports rally held in Peking on 4 August attended by over 15,000 Red Guards and representa- tives of news and film circles in the capital to condemn actions of Hong Kong authorities. Members of the Cultural Revolution Group, Kuan Feng and Ch'i Pen-yu, leaders of newspaper and film circles and representatives of various international organisations now in Peking including Djawoto, Secretary of the Afro-Asian Journalists Organisation, were all present.

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2. Since the Sha Tau Kok incident on 8 July, British imperialism has committed new towering crimes against Hong Kong compatriots. Ho Feng (0149-2800) and eight other people have been killed. More than 1.000 people from all walks of life have been arrested. More than 50 attacks on patriotic premises have been carried out by police, troops and even helicopters from aircraft carriers. There has been continuous provocation against the Hong Kong branch of NCNA including the arrest of 4 reporters.

3- But the debt of blood which British imperialism has accumulated will certainly be paid off. Meanwhile the big strike is going well and Hong Kong seamen joined in on 17 July.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　If British imperialism mobilises troops, police, armed cars and helicopters in the suppression of patriotic compatriots they must expect stern punishment in return. Patriotic compatriots armed with the spiritual atom bomb of Mao's thought can overwhelm any enemy. Chinese workers in Hong Kong and patriotic compatriots are drawing tight the noose around British imperialism's neck. Article concludes "British imperialism must understand that Hong Kong and Kowloon have been Chinese territory throughout history. We sternly warn you, those who play with fire get burned and if you continue on this road you will come to a dead end. Don't say you were not warned".

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Thirteen months seperate Hongkong' two outbreaks of rioting. This time the present disturbanoes had their origin in a labour dispute on 29th April at the Hongkong Artificial Flower Works which concerned wages and working conditions. They were very quickly taken up and exploited by the looal communists for political enda. By 6th May, political slogans, posters and little red books of Chairman Mao Tse Tung were very much in evidence.

According to some China-watchers, it is believed the present trouble stoms from the purging of the former Chinese propaganda chief, Tao Umu, who belonged to the Chinese President, Liu Shao-Chi aliquo. Before his unsteady rise to mumbor four in the Chinose Communist Party, Tao Chu was the secretary of the Contral-South section of the Politburomu which is in charge of Hongkong activities. His downfall reflected on those who served him - including the Hongkong communist and the people working in the New China News Agonoy, Hongkong Branch. To redeem themselves they. decided to win a "victory for Mao Tse Tung's thoughts" in Hongkong mainly to save their own neck.

　　　　　　　The above theory to the omises of the recent disturbances 18 not without justification as events of the past wooks have shown. But to appreciate the above theory, one has to understand the unique relationship existing between Hongkong and Peking. Officially there has been no diplomatic contact between Hongkong and Poking. On en urgent matter, the Governor would send a telegram to the Foreign office, London, for it to be relayed to the British Charge d'Affairs in Poking who would then deliver it. But this diplomatic triangle was discreetly set aside when Hongkong Government officials contacted the Kwangtung authorities through the Hongkong branch of the New China News Agency.

　　　　　　　Formerly a cordial relationship had onabled Hongkong to arrange for water to be piped from Kwangtung and to send anginoers across the border to advise on the laying of the pipeline. Chinese water still flows to Kowloon at 60 million gallons a day - supporting the theory that local communists had the idea of making longkong into another "Macao".

Mr. William Liang Yoi-ling, the Director General of Nov China News Agonay (Hongkong), in the top man in the communist hierachy of Hongkong who decides the policy line to be adoptod. The mubor two man is the hoad of the Bank of China. But when it came to action, Mr. Yeung Kwong, Chairman of the left-wing Hongkong Federation of Trade Unions, was the mont active nombor of the present Anti-Hongkong British Persecution Committee. SONO of Hongkong's top communists are dollar millionaires living in top luxury. Such poople include Mr. Foi Yi-min, publisher of the left-wing Ta Kung Pao (Chinese language newspapers) and Mr. K.C.Hong, Chairman of the Chineno General Chamber of Commerce. But those leaders profor to stay buck-stage. The Now China Nowa Agonoy is a hoadquarters for propaganda and intelligance work and Bomotimon is known as the "Chinoso Consulato" because it is tho place to go if one wishes to entor or contact China.

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　　　　During the Hongkong riots and anti-British campaign, practically the whole of the communist financial network, ranging from stores which deal oxclusively in chinese products to communist-owmed banks, had been goared up to spearhead the "revolt".

But on the other hand the communist leaders realise the crippling loss of earnings that would result from a takeover of Hongkong. Furthermore the many economic benefits that Poking derives from longkong would be lost or greatly diminished if it were part of Communist China.

It has been evident from the violent anti-British campain during ħ the past 2 months or so, the communist "hate maohino" is well equipped to carry out its war of words against the Hongkong Government. Millions of dolları have been sunk into the communist-owned newspapers and bookshops which present a bold communist front in the Colony. There are always lavish communist films to soo. The communist cinoma network comprises South China, Astor, Ruby, Nanyang, Ko Shing and Silver Theatros, Evon the young are not free from the aenmult of Mao's thoughts. They face it at several communist schoole in Hongkong. Even if the lessons are non-political, students can get together with their tonchors for a friendly chat and a reading from Kao's hotations. Parents who have no wish to involve themselves in politico still send thoir ohildren to those schools because they offer an officiemt education, strict discipline and modern conditions in contrast with some of the pooror schools. When it came to strikes and clashes with the polioo, the communists make use of the 65 communist unions with a "paper" membership of 100,000 bolonging to the Hongkong Foderation of Trale Unions as its front-line men. Six timos during the month of June the "Anti-Porsocution Struggle Committee" had called a general strike and in overy occasion the workers of Hongkong; had ignored the communist call. Despite intensivo proporation, a loud publicity build-up, intimidation of violence on workers who refused to join in their political strike, and at a later stago, the exponditure of some IK$ 20 million 55 inducerents to strikers in almost every trade, ranging from public traovort and essential services to toxtile factories, the commuidot nover pot Bagsud the rtago of a curtailuent of transport murvicot. Brom thin, only a hang4:1 of the faithfuls of the Kowloon Motor Bus Company together uith ɛoms of the workers who were still pormitting themselves to bo bribed or intimidatza into going along with the communiete responded. In the textile industry they Fid cell strikes at the fam Fung Toxtile, Central Textile factories in Tran Wan and Wyler Textilo factory in Kowloon on 29 May and the Hori Bun Textile, and Tai Tong Textile factorios in Kun Tong on 25 June. But they were completely robuffed by the "neutral" workers and our members under the leadership of CINGUTI. Out of a combined labour force of about 7,000 from the 5 mills, only About 600 all bribed with hugh ca of money inducements ranging from MM300 to IK8500/-) rosponded to the communist political atrike.

　　　　　　　Among the reasons for ite failuro were the fact that the communist aduieter plot to paralyse llongkong transport and other industries through brikes and intimidationя KXXXXMKWF had boon badly exposed by the Work Security Committees formed by CINGUH! and other ETC offiliated undone and the Government together with employers' "get tougi" policy 11. deadung vit the comminiet troible-uakers. One thing has become abundantly clear or a Iesult of the acries of pointless communiet interruptione lo the ordinay life Kongkong. Tho loanl commnista huve not only loat proal public synputly but 1150 ago the ordinary fan, vomer and child in the struct the only veure a nomal livelihood, During the past 2 manila 1+ luokal se if there has been an

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undeclared boycott of communist stores which sell ezolusively chinose products by the general public. Presently almost every store seems to

be deserted.

The first Governmont "get tough" policy appeared on lat June in the form of an Emergency Rogulation, prohibiting the display of inflammatory postars. The communista showed their first sim of dofience against the law by organising the stoppage of work in the Marine Department in protest against the removal of posters from the Dockyard. When warnings about inflammatory posters want unheeded, the Marine Department suspended over 500 of its employees. This action, taken by a government department, was soon followed by the Star Ferry Company in usponding without pay all the ferry staff who have defiod warnings and gone out on strike. Similiar suspension and dismissal sations wore also taken by the Government Waterworks Department, gas, Power & Light, the transport companies and toxtiles factories. Up to today more than 8,000 communist agitators and trouble-makers have bea dismissed.

　　　　　　　The Work Security Committee organised in every Branch of CIWOUH had proved to be an effective measure to resist the communist political pressure. This so-called Work Security Committee is made up of Branch Union leaders of CIVOUH and the active "neutral" workoTB within the mill. In every floor or where applicable, in every section of the toxtile mill, we have a member of the Work Security Committee looking after the interost of the workers in that floor or section. The primary functions of the committeo are t

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To collect informations on communist activities within the mill. To expose any communist plot to disrupt the textile industry and the livelihood of the workers with it.

To organise collective actions to protect our members and the "eutral" workers who had refused to join in the cont political strike.

In matabliching the Work Security Committees in every Branch of CIVGIJI, it is our intention to make use of such committeos, at sone future datos, to help revive or re-establish many of thoso Branches which had romainod inactive in the past. This is an attempt to instil into the large majority of unorganised workers the importance and strength of collective actions.

In response to the current crieis, much emphasis and

intorost have boon focussed on the future plans for social progrcus in the Colony by civic leaders, many of whom are employers themselves. Thoudi Government response to social progress is not taking place as we desire, we are glad to hear that the Government and the employers have nor roalised that Hongkong cannot construot a geniunoly stable edifing of prosperity and well-being on a foundation of social inoquity and labour discontent.

Any attempt to do so will in the long run provo harmful to the community though it may in the short term generate wealth for the few and procent the appearance of a flourishing economy said the editorial of the Hongkong Standard, a loading English-language newspaper hore.

Recognising the fact that nocial and economic factors had played an important part in the amor of the recent dirturi nem, China Mail (another loading Dglish Broning, nourraper) eslled fer

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inturace for Hongkong's future. The paper further stated, dissatisfied workore the agitators would have been unable to start the trouble which has bothered llongkong since early Kay. Hongkong'o labour lawo have a base which datos back to the 1920's and thood wore archale. However, a change of laws is not all that is nooded. What is urgently required is a change of attitude at the top in industry and commerce. Hongkong has many good yours of productivity ahead and enlightened management om insure this if it will recognise the need of improving the lot of the Colony's willing labour foros."

If Mig business in Hongrong om take hood to this warning, the time for action in this field is now, for the communists have lost the initiative by ignoring this obvious discontent. Untucoonnful political strikes of the past 2 months clearly showed the ocomuniste have lost a great deal of union support.

The Government's interest in the social and economic progress of Hongkong can be seen from the Governor's remarks, made prior to his departure for United Kingdom on 25th June, on the future plans for Hongkong. The three areas he mentioned woro Labour logiolation, Social Security and local authority. Speculation on the mattor has since been rampant and favourable. It is known that the Governor hen boen unhappy with private industries' failure to make any progrone in labour rolations and that some of his unofficial advisors have bocn a big stumbling block. The Governor is believed to be presently trying to sook a 'right' labour specialiot from UK capable of adapting overseas solutions to Hongkong pocularities. That the Governor eax fit to comment on the nood for social security in the wake of Hongkong's rodent troubles is significant.

As regards the Administration studying cur prosent lave with a view to making changos no are oonbidored dosirable, the Hongkong Standard Elitorial strongly called for a radical overhaul of our labour Imre and not just a mumber of more or less minor modifications as the Government implication socmed to muggoat. The Editorial also voiced strong doubts as to whether such modifications (if intonded by the local Administration) will satisfy the noods of the situation.

Considering the various significant public and industries' reactions (much to the disadvantage of the communiste) to the recent lortist disturbances, and Government's plans for the social progress of Hon kon6, the recent trouble may be viewed as a blossing in disguino for the free and democratio trade union novonaut in Hongkong. Furthermore, the Longkonɛ Government, which has boen almost pansive during the past years in theiz approach to the development of trade unionism because of the conflicting rolitical division, has now made our organising task easier by dismicaing and sono cases deporting most of the hardcore communist trouble-ṛrkers, The employers, on the other hand, have begun to roaline the importance of building up good harmonious labour/management relations. With the tendency so much in favour of developing responsible trade unionism, the democratio trade union movement in Hongkong has only to re-double their efforts in organising and educnting the working masses if we are to muccessfully build a stronger labour movement here.

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The prospects of strengthening the daworatic labour mov

md in particular the respective industrial unio. 3 1.6. tortilo, traz.aport, motal and public utilities will be rooncnably bright if the rampestive T3 togothor with the ICU-ARO can make a collective effort in helpin S the unions here. The time for such concerted actions must be taken now when it is most favourable.

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The placing of bombs in public places has continued but there have been further cases of bomb- throwing. Public transport has again been attacked and there have been renewed outbreaks of mob violence particularly in the Western District of the island. There is still only a limited train service from Canton. Police have recovered a quantity of explosives and have continued to raid Communist premises including a group of buildings in North Point which was a centre for disturbances during early July (my telegram 1014 refers). On the border the situation remains tense. There has been one incident at Stk and another at Man Kam To in addition to that reported in my telegram 1171.

2. There have been thirty one bomb incidents in the last six days. Twenty two of these were dealt with by bomb disposal teams and there were nine explosions in one of which the bomber was seriously hurt. departure was the sending of two parcel bombs, both successfully dealt with, to major European firms. 7th August police recovered some ninety nine sticks of dynamite, a number of detonators and lengths of fuse which had apparently been abandoned in a hurry on the outskirts of Kowloon.

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　　　　　　　　　　　Kowloon 4 auxiliary police on water stand point duty were attacked by a mob armed with hammers, two being injured. On 5th and 6th August two gatherings of students one on each side of the harbour could have caused trouble but quickly dispersed when police arrived. Early on 7th August a group was disturbed putting up inflammatory posters in Nathan Road.

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the late evening a bus and a tram in Western District were attacked by a stone-throwing crowd. Six people were hurt during the course of this incident but the attackers dispersed quickly when the police arrived. Early on 8th August a bomb was thrown at a tram causing damage and hurting one passenger. One man was arrested for complicity. That night another crowd collected in Western District. Two trams were stoned. The police were forced to fire and a number of rioters are believed to have been hit. They were dragged away however but ten arrests were made. The broadcasting of inflammatory messages from a C.P.G.-owned vessel lying at China Merchants Steam Navigation wharf in Western District and the use of a nearby Communist-owned godown as a rallying point for rioters are behind these renewed outbreaks in Western District.

There is still only one train per day from Canton.

Police raids have continued. A major operation was mounted with military support on 4th August against two multi-storey buildings in North Point on the island. These housed a number of union premises which it was thought were being used as refuges, as well as the Wah Fung emporium, the focal point of troubles in that area in the first fortnight in July. Of the twenty six arrested three held important positions in local Communist circles. No resistance was offered though preparations including booby traps and the electrification of grilles had been made. A notable point was the discovery of a well equipped small hospital in one building. For the first time helicopters were used by the police and military in this raid. There have been thirteen other raids during which seven addresses were visited to arrest proprietors, editors and publishers of three smaller pro-Communist papers of whom five out of six were arrested.

On the border isolated stone-throwing incidents continue. At Stk on 7th August a dummy bomb was hung from a lamp post. Attempts to deal with it were hampered by stone-throwing civilians until in the end the C.C.A. took some steps to prevent this, There was another incident at Man Kam To on which I will report separately.

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Food supplies by rail remain very small but road and sea deliveries continue to meet the full requirement.

2. There have been a total of 256 bombs reported in the period from 4th to 0800 on 9th August of which only 30 were genuine. A large percentage of false reports result from deliberate hoaxes, There is some increase in the use of dynamite or gelignite as opposed to black powder.

3. The upsurge of mob activity directed once again against public transport and fomented by broadcasts from C.P.G. owned vessels could have repercussions throughout the Colony. These vessels are used mainly for bringing food to the Colony and the area is one where our main rice storage godowns are · sited. There are, therefore, difficulties in taking police action both in relation to our food supplies and to the C.P.G. The frontier, however, remains the most dangerous area and much depends on how the situation at Man Kam To develops.

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The continued disruption of supplies by rail from China. Although supplies of food are being maintained at a satisfactory level, deliveries by road and sea are erratic and there have been price rises apparently caused by uncertainty as to future supplies; and

Anti-British propaganda in the local Communist press, which continues to make exaggerated claims about the effects on the economy of the Colony caused by the confrontation. Protests appear daily in the newspapers about police action against Communist personalities and premises, and widespread publicity was given to the "success" achieved by the peasants at Man Kam To. An article published in the People's Daily on 7 August, which denounced the Government action in Hong Kong and claims that "Hong Kong and Kowloon have been part of Chinese territory throughout history", was also prominently reported.

Police action against Communist organisations, in some cases assisted by military forces, has continued as a result of which further quantities of offensive weapons and inflammatory posters and some documents of intelligence interest, have been seized. The major operation of the week, in which helicopters were used, was against a complex of three buildings, two being 27 storeys high, which were suspected of housing a number of Communist leaders as well as people who had been involved in incidents on the ground. In the event a Senior Vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the All Circles Anti-Persecution Struggle Committee and two mid- level union leaders were arrested and subsequently detained under the Deportation of Aliens Ordinance.

On the morning of 9 August, five persons responsible for the editing, publishing and printing of three of the independently-owned pro-Communist newspapers were arrested. They have been charged with various offences arising from seditious material etc., which has appeared in their newspapers. Reaction in the left-wing press to these arrests has, so far, concentrated upon a demand for their immediate release, allegations of an attack upon the freedom of the press and a declaration of an intention to continue publication as before.

The Communist leadership continues to lie low and there are no indications that the various incidents of the past week have been under any form of centralised control.

The morale of members of Communist organisations is still very low and many of them feel that confrontation will not succeed until the Chinese Communist Army intervenes. Despite this, in the course of discussions held in Communist concerns, stress is laid on the fact that the local Communist movement must succeed by its own efforts and cannot rely on intervention by the C.C.A.

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CONFIDENTIAL

"CY SAVVISTICAL TUFORT,

A. ACLICE ALFORT.

CASUALETES.

Police

ZEK ANDINA IDESDAY AUGUS" * 2′′ D.

Killed

Injured

Military Killod

Injured

Opposition Killed

Injured

Others

Killed

Injured

Burials by Government of Unclaimed Bodies

Other Burials

Bodies still unclaimed

2. PRISONERS.

Total Arrests.

Convicted.

Released (not charged)

Acquitted

Remo.ded/Awaiting rial

TOTI 11.5.37 40 0000 3.6.67.

Subject of Detention Order.under Regulation 31 Emergency (Principal) Regulations.

6 106

217

3106

1037

1417

217

326

HIL

Died.

Pending.

105

Deportation Orders made under Emergency (Deportation & Detention) Regulations

4 (In Prison)

Deportation Orders executed under Emergency (Deportation & Detention) Regulations

NIL

Analysis of Convictions.

Riot.

278

Unlarful Assembly.

303

Breach of Curfew.

230

Others.

226

3. PROPERTY DAMAGE.

Buildings.

Government Buildings.

Banks..

Cincuac/Theatres.

Other Suildings.

4/279

C.F. 323

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CONFIDENTIAL

Vehicles.

Government.

Buses.

Trans.

Taxis.

Public Cors.

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Other vehicles (including kotor cycles).

4 AMNITION IN ENDED.

(excluding SA WAU KOK

border incident 8.7.07)

Baton Shells.

707

Gas Cartridges.

$75

Gas Shells.

983

Gas Grenades.

Groener.

.38

111

Carbine

115

Sterling

Number of persons killed as a result of Police use of Firearms

5. BOIBS.

Explosions.

Bombs detonated or rendered homless.

False alarms.

320

Killed Injured

Bombs found as a result of Police Search.

Casualties

6. FOLICE RAIDS OF COMETNOST PRE I SES.

7. CURFEWS.

Opposed Unopposed

Hong Kong Island

Kowloon.

New Territories.

8, ATTACKS ON TRANSPORT AND OTHER WORKERS.

24 (anolusing 3 accused

persons)

FG V

Cont:

B. STAFF POSITION IN COVERULENT DAPART SHINE,

De ortment.

Strength prior to strike:/disoissals.

ihrber die insed/ services cere Aarded.

Position on

2.8.67.

"wber Reinstated

Theber regnited to, fill porte in questien

Karine

1187

313

P. :.D. waterworks

2325

279

152

103

P.W.D., G.EME.

24.21

259

له

28 1

40 cote fill. 1

11ost fed by

transfer.

No new recruits but a boy of regradings fin

progress.

P.M.D. Civil Desinceriag

Office

2510

111

Mil

Rosettle cont

Urban 3 rvices

Post Office

4537

12,470

1,688

456

424

151

146

The largoajority of Offienu dimmibard etc. vere'Finer' or 'Minor Supervison!! Meff (Scales 1 or 2) Other Degert vents were not affected ei vificantly.

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FUBLIC TRANSPORT AND UTILITY COPANIES

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HELKURE

"STAR" FERRY COMPANY

Staff

No, on 11-5-67 (1.c. prior to disturbances)

No. dismissed

after strike

Number reinstated

Number of New employces

Mumber on

2 July 1967

31 July 1967

| Percintage of Pre-dislur- bance total

Doald Crew

257

118

166

168

Engineering Grow

121

74%

Other Staff

212

191

189

Total:

590

389

444

II HONG KONG & YAUMATI FERRY COMPANY

Staff

No. on 11-5-67 (i.e. prior to disturbances)

No. dismissed after strike

Humber reinstated

Mumber of new cmployees

Iumber on 24 July 1967

Mumber on 31 July 1967

Percentage of Fr distur- bine total

Deck Crew

814

763

Engineering Crew

313

Other staff

759

28 事

293

731

Total:

1,685

115

1,787

51210

G.F, 323

Staff

No. on 11-5-67 (1.c. prior to disturbances)

No. dismissed after strike

Drivers

384

183

Conductors

817

385

Other Staff

512

111

Total

1713

679

ITI.

HONG KONG TRANWAYS

Number reinstated

Number of New employees

Number on 24 July 1967

Number on

31 July 1967

Fercentage of

pre-disuur- bance total

199

178

378

385

1,06

416

112

983

979

VILNECH.

IV. CHITNA MOTOR FUS COMPANY

Staff

No. on 11-5-07 (1.0. prior to disturbances)

No. dismissed after strike

Humbor reinstated

Number of How employees

Number on 24 July 1967

Number on

31 July 1967

Forcentage of pre-dislur- bance total

Drivers

Conductors

Other Staff

Total

706

409

324

332

1056

671

103

411

598

193

→

1,00

404

2360

1273

1127

1147

KOWLOON

MOTOR EUS COMPANY

Stefr

No. on 11-5-67 (i.e. prior to disturbances)

ilo. dismissed

after strike

Number reinstated

Number of New employees

Number on 24: July 1967

Number on 31 July 1967

Forcentage of pro-dist- bance total

Drivers

Conductors

1810

1481

217

559

3082

2243

350

1189

Other Staff

2302

1191

1111

1,8

Total

7194

4915

567

2859

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4.1. 329

}

Staff

ilo, on 11-5-67 (.c. prior to dialurbances)

Staff

labour

321

654

Total

978

Staff

No. on 11-5-67 (1.. prior to

disturbances).

166

VI.

HONG KONG EIECTRIC COMPANY

No, dismissed after strike

Humber reinstated

Hurber of New employees

Rumber on 2 July 1967

lumber on

31 July 1967

Percentage of Fro-diglur.. barce total

336

-------.

147

14-7

485

483

104

821

019

VII.

HONG KONG AND CHINA GAS CCPANY

No. dismissed after strike

Mumber reinstated

Staff

Labour

382

321

169

Total

548

331

169

Mumber of New employees

Number on 2. July 1967

Number on 31 July 1967

Facentage of Pre-istur- barco total

23*

187

186

112

200

[

387

386

(Including 21 promoted from Lalour)

VIII.

CHINA LICHT & LOWER COMPANY

Staff

No. on 11-5-67 (1.0. prior to disturbances)

No, dismissed after strike

Nunber reinstated

Number of New

employces

Thumber on 24 July 1967

Number on 31 July 1967

Staff

Labour

850

1,895

850

709

1,242

Percentage of Pre-distur-

barce total

:00

Total

2,745

709

2,092

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　　Bombing incidents have continued. A new type of percussion grenade has been used after the gathering of an unruly crowd had brought the police to the scene thus providing a target. An attempt to start a fire in the crowded Central Government Offices (CGO) underground car park failed. There have been further incidents at Mankam To

444/(my telegram No. 1210 refers) at Ta Ku Ling (my telegram

　　　　　　　No. 1204 refers) and at Sha Tau Kok. Supplies of food from HWAY/ China have been restricted apparently as a result of disorders

in Kwangtung. Prices have risen particularly of pork which is scarce. There has been fairly heavy rain since 11 August and an imminent tropical storm should bring more.

2. During the period midday 11-midday 12 August there were 151 bomb reports, Of these 38 were genuine, 24 were dealt with by bomb disposal teams and there were 14 explosions. There have been more parcel bombs. On 13 August a crowd collected in Wanchai and four home made percussion grenades of a new type

were thrown at police when they arrived. Later two more were dropped from nearby buildings A number of bombs in the area were dealt with by bomb disposel teams, some of which were designed to be exploded electrically using torch batteries. A stolen car with a boot holding four cans of petrol and a primitive timing mechanism using acid was found in the underground car park at the CGO during the morning of 15 August. The timing mechanism and the car were removed without incident.

They were

3. On the border on Saturday 12 August a crowd 100 strong crossed into B.T. at S.T.K. and stoned the fish market in San Lau street which runs parallel with the border. dispersed with tour gas. Subsequent attempts to break into the same building were driven off again with tear gas and the area was searched without results for any stay-behind parties. There was a minor demonstration opposite Man Kam To where the police post which is undefendable was demolished on 13 August. A new one is being erected on higher ground 200 yards away. At Lo Wu a formal protest was made by a C.C.A. officer to an Immigration Department official about delays in processing CPG passport holders..

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4. Imports of food from China began to tail off from 9 August. Despite a four-fold increase in local supplies of, pigs we are getting at best two thirds of our total daily requirement and even this is now falling off. Prices have risen by about 100 dollars per picul. Cattle prices have also gone up though supplies from Thailand and elsewhere have maintained stocks at reasonable levels. Vegetable prices have risen by 50 per cent but there is no serious shortage as yet. The reason given by importers for the shortfall is disorder in Kwangtung. No supplies at all were received on 13 and 14 August from Canton.

5. Roughly six inches of rain have fallen since 11 August giving a net increase of nearly 1,000 million gallons of water. Stocks are now 6,284 million gallons. Daily consumption in August has averaged just over 60 million gallons. A tropical storm is imminent and may well bring more rain.

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As part of the first phase the new police station at Man Kam To is being built as quickly as possible on a ridge over-looking the bridge In the meantime control is being exercised from a tactically sited position nearby. Steps are also being taken to strengthen the various border gates.

2 The morale of Communist supporters remains low despite the recent incidents on the border and the increase in mob

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9 Aug. 67. 2 Publishers, 2 Directors and One Editor of pro- Peking Newspapers were arrested and charged with sedition and anoiting to disaffestion. The arrests are intended as a warning to pro-Peking Newspapers in Colony to tone down anti-Government Inflannatory articles.

10 Aug. 67. Chinese Farmers who cross Border at Man Kam To

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recently reinforced. Incident photographed from Chinese territory. At 2300 hours local crowd of 30 coclies swamped Police Post, scized a number of military and Police weapons and held co 1/10 GR and district Officer for some six hours. After extracting signature of document, under duress, all seized arms were returned and coolies returned to China.

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At 1500 hours local apparently orderly group of 30 farmers were allowed through Frontier gate. They then surrounded party of 2 soldiers, 7 Police at gate and beat British Police Inspector. During this incident two bursts of machine gun were fired from CT into HK territory.

12 Aug. 67. Two incidents at Sha Tau Kok when crowd of 100 broke down wire barriers and infiltrated into emity houses on HK side of Border, Troops of 1/7 GR used tear gas on both occasions to force intruders back.

Pattern of planting and throwing of real and spurious bombs contimes, one Army Officer and one RN Petty Officer slightly injured when investigating suspected bombs.

As a result of Man Lam To incidents OAG requested that plan NOUGAT be brought to State YELLOW. This done at 1101002 Aug with 2/10 GR as nominated Unite. As anticipated spreadinf of trouble did not materialize State YELLOW cancelled 14 Aug.

Deployments.

Naval HES DARING joins Far East Station (Beira Patrol) on 18 Aug. 67.

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383

Twenty-eight people were arrested last night when police raided five premises in Wanchai

Police also seized large quantities of weapons and inflammatory posters as well as few bottles of concentrated acid.

Suspected bombs found at one premises turned out to

be fakes when examined by ballistics expert. The premises raided included Workers' Union and

Clansmen's Association.

Altogether four platoons of police were maintained

in the vicinity.

No (repeat no) troops were used and there was no (repeat no) cordon. Business in area in fact went on as usual during the raids.

The Director of Commerce and Industry Mister Sorby said last night that Government was investigating alternative sources of importing meat into Hong Kong to replace supplies from China.

In a broadcast talk on food situation in Colony Mister

Sorby said that among the moves so far initiated was one in which a Commerical Representative had been asked to look into possibility of improving beef imports from Indonesia.

He had also had discussions with visiting South Korean Economic Mission about possibility of importing pigs. or frozen pork from South Korea.

Other commercial channels were already making their

own investigations but Mister Sorby warned that there was little immediate likelihood of being able to replace in full the supplies which were not coming through from China.

He said in past week all householders had had to face

a substantial rise in price of pork and other [? wd omitted].

RECEIVED IN ARCHIVES'No.63 17 AUG1967

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Supplies from China began to be erratic two weeks

ago when rail traffic was cut.

A few days later there was a downturn in landings

by river vessel and lighter. The number of coastal vessels bringing foodstuffs had also diminished.

Mister Sorby said it was not possible to say with

certainty why this was happening.

The only rational explanation he said was that it must be connected with disturbances of supply lines in China.

Mister Sorby advised consumers not to pay more than

they could afford but rather to reduce their purchases a little.

He assured residents that rice supply in Hong Kong was adequate and that prospects for the future were good and there was no need to stock. Ends. Informs.

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Addressed to Commonwealth Office telegram No. 1264 of 17 August Repeated for information to POLAD Singapore

Weekly Assessment.

　　　This assessment will now be considered here on Tuesdays and will be despatched to reach you as early as possible during your working day on Tuesday. This will conform as closely as possible with the J.I.C. schedule.

2. The next assessment will be forwarded on Tuesday 22 August.

Officer Administering the Government

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AND THREE POLICE OFFICERS IN AYE POLICE LANDROVER

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　　Twenty eight people were arrested last night when police raided five premises in Wanchai. Police also seized large quantities of weapons and inflammatory posters as well as a few bottles of concentrated acid. Suspected bombs found at one premises turned out to be fakes when examined by ballistics expert.

　　The premises raided included Workers' Unions and Clansmen's Association. Altogether four platoons of police were maintained in the vicinity. No (repeat no) troops were used and there was no (repeat no) cordon. Business in area in fact went on as

usual during the raids.

　　The Director of Commerce and Industry Mr. Sorby said last night that Government was investigating alternative sources of importing meat into Hong Kong to replace supplies from China. In a broadcast talk on food situation in Colony Mr. Sorby said that among the moves so far initiated was one in which a Commercial representative had been asked to look into possibility of improving beef imports from Indonesia. He had also had discussions with visiting South Korean Economic Mission about possibility of importing pigs or frozen pork from South Korea.

　　Other commercial channels were already making their own investigations but Mr. Sorby warned that there was little immediate likelihood of being able to replace in full the supplies which were not coming through from China. He said in past week all householders had had to face a substantial rise in price of pork and other [? word omitted].

　　Supplies from China began to be erratic two weeks ago when rail traffic was cut. A few days later there was a downturn in landings by river vessel and lighter. The number of coastal vessels bringing foodstuffs had also diminished.

　　Mr. Sorby said it was not possible to say with certainty why this was happening. The only rational explanation he said was that it must be connected with disturbances of supply lines in China.

рав

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　　Mr. Sorby advised consumers not to pay more than they could afford but rather to reduce their purchases a little. He assured residents that rice supply in Hong Kong was adequate and that prospects for the future were good and there was no need to stock.

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Police also seized large quantities of weapons and inflammatory posters as well as few bottles of concentrated acid.

Suspected bombs found at one premises turned out to

be fakes when examined by ballistics expert. The premises raided included Workers' Union and

Clansmen's Association.

Altogether four platoons of police were maintained

in the vicinity.

No (repeat no) troops were used and there was no (repeat no) cordon. Business in area in fact went on as usual during the raids.

The Director of Commerce and Industry Mister Sorby said last night that Government was

investigating alternative sources of importing meat into Hong Kong to replace supplies from China.

In a broadcast talk on food situation in Colony Kister

Sorby said that among the moves so far initiated was one in which a Commerical Representative had been asked to look into possibility of improving beef imports from Indonesia.

He had also had discussions with visiting South Korean Economic Mission about possibility of importing pigs. or frozen pork from South Korea.

Other commercial channels were already making their

own investigations but Mister Sorby warned that there was little immediate likelihood of being able to replace in full the supplies which were not coming through from China.

He said in past week all householders had had to face

a substantial rise in price of pork and other [? wd omitted],

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Supplies from China began to be erratic two weeks

ago when rail traffic was cut.

A few days later there was a downturn in landings

by river vessel and lighter. The number of coastal vessels bringing foodstuffs had also diminished.

Mister Sorby said it was not possible to say with

certainty why tnis was happening.

The only rational explanation he said was that it must be connected with disturbances of supply lines in China.

Mister Sorby advised consumers not to pay more than

they could afford but rather to reduce their purchases a little.

He assured residents that rice supply in Hong Kong was adequate and that prospects for the future were good and there was no need to stock. Ends. Informs.

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ARCHIVES No. 63 21 AUG1767

HUBIIN

Four employees of China Motor Bus Company travelling in a bus and three police officers in a police landrover were injured when both vehicles were hit by two explosions in Shek Pai Wan Road outside the Wah Fu estate in Aberdeen at about one fifteen a.m. today Thursday.

As a result of explosions both vehicles were damaged.

Road blocks were set up in area after explosions.

A private car failed to stop at the road blocks and a few warning shots were fired by police to try to stop it.

　Police believed that car was stolen one and was not, (repeat not,) connected with explosions.

A private car was later found abandoned outside the Aberdeen fish market.

No, (repeat no) arrest made, police enquiries proceeding.

In Kowloon police discovered an unsuccessful attempt by trouble makers to set fire to pumping station at Tates Cairn.

Wooden door of station been broken open. Tin containing what is believed to be kerosene was found on ground together with large quantity of kerosene soaked waste paper with joss sticks around tin.

Evidence shows that joss sticks been lit but eventually they burnt out themselves. Quite a number of matches were also found on top of waste paper.

Piece of kerosene soaked paper was found sticking in one of the tubes of water pumps.

Police believe some culprits had forced door open between

one p.m. Tuesday and ten fifteen a.m. Thursday.

At Press conference this Thursday afternoon Mr. A. S. Robertson stressed need to reduce present high daily consumption in order to conserve water supplies.

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He said despite recent rains storage could not, (repeat no. be considered as good. This is result of well below average rainfall in preceding twelve months.

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The pedestrians and at least one of two people in ambulance were injured in collision and ambulance left road.

Military Commander on Hong Kong side of border at Sha Tauvkok broadcast a message to his counterpart on other side informing him tha accident had taken place.

As a result of recent incidents in border area it is necessary in interest of public peace and order to alter hours of curfew which apply there.

The previous curfew hours which had been in effect since nineteen fortynine were from eleven p.m. to six a.m. Revised curfew times are ten p.m. to five a.m.

These new curfew hours are designed to curtail movement of unauthorised persons in border area. They should also benefit farmers in area by lifting curfew one hour earlier than previously.

Commerce Industry Department today introduced change in procedure for registering importers of frozen meat under importation and exportation (reserved commodities) regulations.

Commenting on change spokesman of Commerce and Industry Department said that purpose of change was to enable Government to gain more information about stocks of frozen meat so that it could if necessary increase stock normally held in Hong Kong.

Twenty-nine year old reporter Lau Chu Ping of Communist newspaper Wen Wei Pao was dismissed at Central Court today when prosecution entered a nolle prosequi.

Defendant originally faced two charges, one for unlawful assembly and other for forming part of an intimidating assembly.

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An eight year old girl and her two year old brother were ripped apart and killed by bomb in Ching Wan Street, North Point on Hong Kong Island yesterday afternoon.

The bomb which was of considerable power, judging by the way the children were mangled by the blast, was one of four reported in the Bay View Division during the day.

Commenting on the incident the Divisional Superintendent of Police, Bay View, Mr. Harris said that this was the one most sense- less and disgusting crime in his fifteen years as a policeman.

He appealed to parents to impress upon their children the need to leave any suspicious object alone. He added that any information

on explosives should be passed to the police without delay.

Government spokesman commenting on the incident described it as the most cowardly murder committed by people who could now be regarded as nothing but criminals of the lowest sort.

In a separate incident earlier in the afternoon, two men and a boy were injured by an explosion in King's Road, North Point.

　　Apart from the four bombs found in the Bay View area, four more were found in various parts on Hong Kong Island and two in Kowloon during the day.

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　Director of Education Mr W E. Gregg. today called teachers and enlightened leaders in all walks of life to demonstrate how Hong Kong Government is dedicated to happiness and well being of all

citizens.

Speaking at opening of Hong Kong Federation of Students seminar Mr. Gregg said a more conscious effort must be taken to point out the glaring fallacies and the stream of lies and false rumours put out by those who seek to destroy the very fabric of Hong Kong's stability.

　One way of combatting this, he suggested was to enlarge the scope of teaching in civics in Hong Kong's schools

"Now that authority of Government and its motives are being challenged even though by small minority, which is prepared to use any means however foul to serve their ends, the scope of our teaching of civics must be enlarged" Mr. Gregg said,

　　"We must for example be prepared to explain and justify basis of our constitution, the areas in which it is capable of modification and improvement, in the light of changing circumstances". Mr. Gregg condemned the attempt of the small minority to strike at the very root of the condition of stability and reliability which make it possible for Hong Kong to support a population of four, repeat four million.

Ends.

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Commissioner of Mines Mr. R.M. Hetherington WA 1/1 announced today that stocks of explosives in licensed private stores had been transferred to Government depots over weekend.

This security action follows the theft of explosives from two private stores and because terrorists have continued to plant bombs in public places.

Removal of explosives from eighty-eight repeat eighty- eight stores were jointly carried out by officers of the Mines Department, Police, Marine Department and Civil Aid services.

Arrangements are being made for the issue of controlled quantities of explosives to operators of mines and quarries and to contractors.

　　　　　　　Meanwhile police are offering a reward of twenty-five repeated twenty-five thousand Hong Kong dollars for information leading to arrest and conviction of any person responsible for bomb explosion in North Point yesterday evening.

　　　　　　An eight repeat eight) year old girl and her two (repeat two) year old brother were killed in the explosion.

　　　　　　　In Kowloon early this morning two boys and two girls ranging in age from sixteen to eighteen were arrested outside Alhambra Building in Nathan Road.

A bomb was found on one of the boys.

The youths will be charged under a provision of Emergency Regulations which provides for a maximum sentence of ten (repeat ten) years imprisonment.

Bomb was later detonated by a ballistics officer.

　　　　　　Five (repeat five) people who are either directors, editora or publishers of three (repeat three) Communist newspapers reappeared in Central Court this afternoon facing thirty (repeat thirty) charges including sedition.

Prosecution

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Hong Kong

Except for one stone throwing incident at Sha Tau Kok on 14 Aug the border area has remained quiet,

Bomb throwing and bomb planting incidents showed a marked reduction. One Army Officer was slightly injured 18 Aug on bomb disposal duty. On 19 Aug large quantity of gelignite and detonators were stolen from a contractor on Hong Kong Island.

Police raids on Left Wing premises have continued including raids on three newspaper offices which were ordered to cease publication on 17 Aug.

Sarawak, Two uniform Male Chinese Paraku were killed on 18 Aug in ambush just south of Mcilili in 2nd Division. Two sten guns and ammunition

were recovered, Follow up continues.

Deployments.

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HMS GURKHA joins Far East Station on 25 Aug 67.

2/70 GR now complete at Prang.

Air. 4 Javelin aircraft of 60 Sqn returned to Singapore from Hong Kong 15 Aug.

4.0 Exercises. A rapid deployment exercise (nicknamed THULO CHARA) by Company Grouis of 2/2 GR started 17 Aug with move of first group from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur (Military) by air. Company groups then move to Cameron Highlands by road for counter revolutionary warfare training. Exercise ends 7 Sep.

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22 August, 1967

(D.T.D.)

Situation,

Preliminary survey of effects of tropical storm Kate on livelihood of farmers in new territories shows that they have benefited by it.

Apart from rice growing farmers, pond fish culturing farmers have also benefited.

　　　Fish ponds which had been suffering from lack of water are now ninety (repeat ninety) per cent full.

No repeat no) report of loss of livestock been received.

Only damage to crops were reported by ten (repeat ten) vegetable farmers at Sai Cho Wan, Ta Kwu Ling.

　　　Staff new territories Administration were out in their districts this Tuesday morning checking on extent of damage caused by storm.

No repeat no) damage to ocean going ships was caused except a fishing boat which sank off Sai Wan Ho, Shaukiwan at height of storm.

There was no (repeat no) one on board the boat.

Since Monday midnight three explosions been reported on both sides of harbour. Two of them were in Kowloon.

First explosion occurred outside Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank branch office in Des Voeux Road West near Western Street. One window pane was broken. Other explosion occurred in Canton Road near Shantung Street where a private car was badly damaged.

On Hong Kong Island small bomb exploded in one of lifts of Hong Kong Hilton at about eleven a.m. today.

　　No repeat no one was injured but explosion caused some damage to lift.

　　Spokesman for hotel said it was strengthening its security staff as precautionary measure.

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　221130. Report 2. Reports published in Right Wing and Independent Chinese newspapers as well as in English Press condemned the senseless killing of two young Chinese children by a Communist planted bomb in North Point on Sunday.

Newspapers say they have been receiving telephone calls from residents protesting against "dastardly act of Communists".

In Kowloon banner protesting against the children's death was hung up on wall next to the Communist Bookshop in Nathan Road.

　[Gps undec] will not (repeat not) be soon forgotten". paper says the sympathy of whole community will go out to the Wong family, an ordinary working family plunged into such sudden and hideous tragedy.

　Editorial says the family has the sympathy of whole community but not (repeat not) of those "lurking Pariah-like on its

outskirts for whom the incident might never have occurred though at other times they are so lavish with their propaganda photographs and distorted News reports."

Commenting on silence of Communist Press on bombing, paper asks whether this is an indication of shame.

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　Hong Kong Standard describes killing of children as a "most un-Chinese act": paper adds "Communists by killing these two children have condemned themselves in eyes of community. have also incurred wrath and indignation of every one by their senseless crime which puts them in category of conscienceless Gestapo", Singta Jih Pao poses this question to Wen Wei Pao and Takung Pao and all Communists "Do you think death of children represents a great victory for the ever victorious thought of Mao Tse' tung?" Singtao describes killing as a wicked act and calls on the Communists to stop their terrorist acts if they really care for their fellow countrymen.

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　Addressed to Commonwealth Office telegram No. 1279 of 22 August Repeated for information to Peking and POLAD Singapore

Bomb Incidents.

　　First fatal casualties, two children of 8 and 2, occurred on 20 August. Bomb had been left in a road, much used as a children's playground.

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Mr. Carter, Hong Kong and West Indian Dept. "C" has complained about the time taken for an advance copy of Hong Kong telegram No.1285 of the 22nd August to reach him in Curtis Green Building. It seems the message was received from Hong Kong at 11.152 and an advance oopy (teleprinter) arrived on his desk at about 15.002.

Mr. Russell, International & General Dept. was also interested in this message as it contained the weekly round-up of events (SITREP) usually sent over the week-end and for the first time despatched on Tuesday monring for the regular Tuesday JIC meeting held at 3.15 p.ù.

Mr. Russell was sympathetic as this particular message was extremely lengthy as it covered a longer period, 11th to 21st August, than the usual weekly summary.

Except for next week with the Bank Holiday when the SITREP will not be required until Wednesday, the round-ups will be despatched in future every Tuesday morning for the afternoon meeting.

I understand there may be further complaints from the Secretary JIC, M.O.D. Intelligence Dept, and interested persons in the Foreign Office.

Both Mr. Carter and Mr. Russell would be grateful if we could give them some explanation as to the reason, if any, for the delay.

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23rd August, 1967

Although Hong Kong telegram No. 1285

was received in the office at 11.152 it was not finished being decyphered until 13.162. After that it had to be edited and it reached the Distribution Selectors who deal with the

advance copies at 13.452. sent without delay to Mr.

An advance copy was Carter by the 14.00Z

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Kened tel.

special delivery to Curtis Green. This would have been in time to catch the 14.30Z distribution in Curtis Green. This is the normal treatment given to an immediate telegram. Had we known, however, of the meeting we could have arranged for an advance copy to be rushed to the D.Ss as soon as the telegram came off the machine. We were also unaware that an advance should have been sent to I.G. Dept. but will remember this in future.

2. As this weekly assessment seems to be primarily intended for a JIC meeting, it might be more satisfactory if Hong Kong were asked to insert a preamble "Following for Secretary JIC Cabinet Office". This would ensure that the Signal Office would transmit the telegram

automatically to the Cabinet Office over the secure teleprinter before advance copies were sent to the D.Ss.

Mr. Russell

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Addressed to Commonwealth Office telegram No. 1285 of 22 August. Repeated for information to Peking

Washington and Canberra.

POLAD Singapore

The principal features of the Communist confrontation during the period 11-21 August have been:-

　(a) The continuation of bomb incidents; between 11 and 21 August, 417 reports of bombs were received of which 86 proved to be genuine. 60 of these were detonated by bomb disposal teams whilst 26 either exploded on impact or before the arrival of the bomb squads. In two recent cases, gelignite was used and the first fatalities in the "bomb war" occurred on 20 August, when two children were killed aged 8 and 2 after picking up a carrier bag in which a bomb had been concealed. Eight people, including a member of a bomb disposal team, have been injured by other explosions. Two arrests have been made of people found in possession of "hoax" bombs, and four juveniles have been arrested in possession of a live bomb; all have been charged.

　(b) The larceny from two dangerous goods stores of a total of 723 sticks of gelignite together with a quantity of black gun powder, safety fuse wire and detonators. Action has now been completed to remove explosives from dangerous goods stores to the Government Central Explosives Depot.

(c) Isolated incidents of mob violence on two occasions one on Hong Kong Island and one in Kowloon. During one of these outbreaks a new

type of home made percussion grenade was used in attacks on police.

(d) A violent reaction by workers from Chinese territory to security forces removing inflammatory posters on British territory at Man Kam To on the night of 10 August. During this incident workers and other civilians from Chinese territory seized weapons from the security forces and compelled the senior officers present to sign a document. The CCA took defensive action and made no attempt to intervene.

this

　(e) An incident at Takuling on 11 August during which some 30 farm workers from Chinese territory attacked the security forces. Tear gas and by ton shells were used to disperse the attackers: was followed by two bursts of IMG fire into British territory by the CCA to flank of the security forces. Even allowing for these warning shots the CCA are considered to have adopted a defensive posture during this occurance. During the incident at least one tear gas cartridge

fell on Chinese territory.

　(f) Incursion into the fish market building in She Tau Kok by 100 stone throwing civilians from C.T. on 13 August which was repelled by use of tear gas.

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(g) A continuation of virulent anti-British propaganda in the local Communist Press which has concentrated on the incidents on border and action by Government against three independent pro- Communist newspapers and their senior staff members.

(h) Two CPG protest Notes (both rejected by Charge in Peking) the first of which denounced provocative acts by British on border and demanded that the crossing points be re-opened; the second demanded that the Hong Kong Government withdraw the orders of suspension against three Communist newspapers, stop the legal actions against other Communist newspapers and release Communist newspaper workers who have been detained by police. The second Note demandea that the British authorities comply before 2330 hours on 22 August.

　　　(1) A move by Communist Trade Unions to pay out the third months "strike money". These payments are, in most cases, being made at workers' homes, although in one instance workers have collected their money at a Trade Union office.

　　　(j) The continuation of efforts by the H.K. Seamen's Union to spread the strike amongst seamen on board ships calling at H.K. These efforts have met with some limited success but there has been no reported delays to shipping caused through the strike, although some ships have sailed short of a few crew members.

　　　(k) The continued disruption of supplies by rail from China. This factor, together with the closure of the border crossing point at Man Kam To and some hold-ups of supplies by sea, caused by adverse weather conditions, has brought about a general rise in food prices.

3.[sic] Police action against Communist organisations has continued, in the course of which further quantities of offensive weapons, inflammatory posters and some documents of intelligence interest have been seized. A secretary of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce who has performed secretarial duties for the all circles anti- persecution struggle committee has been detained under the deportation of aliens ordinance.

　　　As there was no moderation in the propaganda of the three independently owned pro-Communist newspapers whose senior officials were arrested on 9 August, suspension orders against the newspapers were obtained on 17 August. The following day a broadsheet was published, as a joint edition of the three newspapers, and police subsequently raided their press offices. There being no evidence that the broadsheet had been printed on those premises, the machinery was not rendered inoperative. Since then no further editions have appeared. However, on 21 August a few copies of a Gestetnered sheet, purporting to replace the suspended newspapers, were issued. Delicate sources indicate that the Communists plan to issue publications of this type, printed covertly in place of any newspapers which Government closes down.

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　　Director of Education issued letters on 18 August to nine of the major Communist schools warning the managements that they were liable to closure if they failed to comply with specified conditions.

e only reaction, so far, has been attacks on Government in the cal Left Wing Press for attempting to interfere with patriptic education.

6. There has been further evidence of low morale in local Communist circles and delicate sources have reported that members of Communist organisations feel that they have no hope of obtaining support of the masses in H.K. The continued chaotic conditions in China and particularly in Canton, have also adversely affected local Communist morale and some Communist parents who have children in Canton, have been advised to evacuate them.

7. The Communists intend to stage 1 October celebrations as usual in the hope of presenting a "United Front" against the Hong Kong authorities. Delicate sources have stated that in order to prepare for the celebrations, they are considering suspending the "struggle" during the latter half of September but if this occurs it will be renewed immediately after the festival. At a gathering of senior Communist United Front" workers, a very senior official of the Bank of China declared the struggle would certainly continue, though there would be no new moves for the next 6 months. They would use this period to expose the weaknesses of the Hong Kong Government and to evaluate their own shortcomings.

8. The CPG protest Nore concerning the Government action against local Communist Press has undoubtedly encouraged the remaining Communist newspapers to be more defiant of Government. Since confrontation began this is the first occasion that a CPG protest has contained a specific time limit for its demands to be met. When this limit expires, it is possible that the CPG may feel compelled to take more active measures to support the local Communists. Further action by Government against the remaining Communist newspapers will almost certainly be taken by the CPG as a direct challenge by the Hong Kong authorities and may well occasion sharper reaction. Never- theless, in spite of this, it may be necessary to pursue the present policy of bringing the Communist Press within the law.

9. While the border has been quiet since 14 August, this area remains a potential flash point. The reaction of the CCA to incidents on British territory during the period has been defensive. It has followed the pattern of:-

　　　(a) Firstly, the CCA post in the immediate area of the incident being stood-to as soon as an incursion into British territory takes place.

(b) Secondly, the area of the incident being reinforced by the occupation of prepared defensive posts covering the incursion.

　　　(c) Thirdly, based on the experience of Takuling, the firing of warning shots when it appears to the CCA that the incident has gone

far enough.

/The dilemma

SECRET

Hong Kong telegram No. 1285 to Commonwealth Office

The dilemma of the CCA is illustrated by the incidents on British territory at Man Kam To and Takuling where the Chinese crossing the border were determined men. Against such determination verbal persuasion by the CCA has no effect. In addition, the CCA is inhibited from using physical force because of its direction to show proper respect for the wishes of the masses, moreover, there is little the CCA can do to control an incident once it has developed on British territory, short of opening fire. At present it is unlikely that the CCA would fire on our security forces unless we had already fired on their civilians inflicting casualties.

10. There is little doubt that morale in Communist organisations will be boosted to some extent by the latest CPG protest but unless there is firm evidence of more active support, morale will quickly drop again. The use of more powerful and sophisticated explosive devices, and the tragic death of two young children, will further alienate the general public, and isolate the local Communists.

　　However, despite the feeling amongst some Communists that they will be unable to obtain the support of the masses in Hong Kong, there is every indication that they intend to persist in their policy of confrontation with Hong Kong Government, and the use of gelignite suggests that more serious attacks can be expected, possibly against selected civilian and Government targets.

　　C.0. pass to Washington as my telegram 271 and Canberra as telegram No. 77.

O.A.G. Hong Kong

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Hong Kong Communist leader last Tuesday night. denied that recent spate of bombings was work of local "Struggle Committees" and said it was a "British Fascist lie" that Committee had ordered or directed bombings.

Mister Fei Yi Ming editor of Ta Kung Pao in an unprecedented Press Conference to which only selected number of foreign correspondents were invited detailed what he called "Fascist atrocities" of British

in Hong Kong.

Mister Fei was apparently trying his best to disassociate local Communist leadership from terrorist bombing campaign which culminated in death of two children on Sunday.

　　　Fei would not(repeat not tell correspondents present why he had called a Press Conference but observers here believe that Communist

leadership is worried about wave of bitter indignation that has swept

Colony since death of two children.

Chinese sources with Left Wing contacts say that even

Pro-Communist Chinese and Communist sympathisers were shocked and repelled by death of children and planting of bombs in playgrounds.

Sources say that local Communist leaders now realise that

bombing campaign is losing them more and more support every day.

　　　Fei said that it was not useless to negotiate locally on political situation in Hong Kong. It was now between London and Peking.

　　　When further questioned on bombing Fei again denied that campaign was under control of the anti-persecution Struggle Committee.

　　　Fei said that some bombs were placed by people hoping to throw blame on to others. He did not repeat not elaborate.

A Hong Kong Government spokesman said last night that judging

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CONFIDENTIAL

A. POLICE REPORT.

CASUALTIES.

Police

Killed

Injured

Military Killed

Injured

Opposition Killed

Injured

Others

Killed

Injured

EMERGENCY STATISTICAL REPORT.

REEK WIDING "TDNESDAY 9th 1 GUST, 1967.

11.5 2.8.67

3.8 - 5.3.67

TOTAL ON S.8.67.

Burials by Government of Unclaimed Bodies

Other Burials

Bodies still unclained

2. PRISONERS.

Total rrests,

Convicted.

Released (not charged).

Acquitted.

Re...onded/waiting Trial

Subject of Detention Order under Regulation 31 Emergency (Frincipal) Regulations.

Died.

Fending.

Deportation Orders made under

Emergency (Deportation & Detention) Regulations.

Deportation Orders executed under Imergency (Deportation & Detention) Regulations.

Inalysis of Convictions.

106

217

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240

0) 1

3106

3177

1037

1089

1417

1502

217

227

326

105

4 (In prison)

4 (in

prison)

Riot

278

283

Unlawful Assembly.

303

319

Breach of Curfen.

230

231

Others.

226

256

PROPERTY DAMAGE.

Government Buildings.

Banks.

Cinemas/Theatres,

Figures not available, or inappropriate,

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CONFIDENTIAL

Property Damago (cont).

Other Buildings

Vehicles.

11.5 to 2.8

5.8. - 9.8

TOTAL on 2.8

Government (inc. Police)14

Trons.

€

LAAA

Taxis.

€

Public Cars,

Other vehicles (including Hotor cycles).

1.3

4. FOLICE USE OF FIREARMS.

(a) Folice use of firean:s.

Porsons Killed

Fersons Injured

المز

(b) unition Expended.

7.27

Baton Shells

707

Gas Cartridges

975

1108

Gos Shells

983

108

Gas Grenades

Greener

107

.38

111

186

XXX

Carbinc

113

297

Sterling

N.5. Figures up to 2.8 do not include ammunition

used in Sha Tau Kok border incident on 8.7 Total on 9.8 ices include this.

(a) Number of occasions ball ano, used

筋

5. DOES.

Explosions.

103

Bembs detonated or rendered harmless.

129

320

329

649

False alar is.

bombs found as a result of Police Search.

Casualtics

Killed Injured

(including 4

6. POLIG RAIDS ON CO: KU. IST TREATSTS.

Opposed Unopposed

accused)

江

114

7. CURFEWS.

Hong Kong Island

Kowloon

New Territories

ATTACKS ON TULISFOLG AND OTHER WORKERS. Figures not available or insppropriate.

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CONFIDENTIAL

ST. FF POSITION IN GOVORIMENT DEFART: 5.TS,

Department.

Strength prior to strikes/ismissals.

Karine

1187

P..D. Waterworks.

2325

P.".D. G.B.X.H

2421

Huber dismisscd/ services terminated.

Position on 9.8.67

(Fi-ures for 2.8 in brackets)

lumbr Reinstated

Number recruited to fill rosts in question

312 (18)

31 (31)

17 (17)

?79 (270)

132 (132)

113 (113)

265 (259)

2 (2)

now recruits(7)

F.7.D. Civil Engineering Office 2510

115 (111)

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posts filled by promotion (40)

post fillej

by transfer (1).

No new recruits but a aubr.r of regradings and promotions in progress.

Resettlacnt

Urbon Servicça

Post Office

4537 12,470 1,688

31 (31)

2 (2)

60 (56)

46€ (450)

3 (3)

465 (424)

151 (151)

1 (1)

148 (146)

The large majority of Officers dismissed ctc. were linor or "inor Supervisory' Staff (Scales 1 or 2) Other Departrients were not affected significantly.

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STAFF POSITION OF

PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND UTILITY COMPANIES

ON 7th AUGUST 1967

"STAR" FERRY COMPANY

Staff

No. on 11-5-67 (i.c. prior to disturbances)

No. dismissed

Number

after strike

reinstated

Number of Now employces

Number on 31 July 1967

Number on 7 August 1967

Percentage of pro-distur- bance total

Dock Crow

257

118

168

169

Engineering Crew

121

Other Staff

212

191

189

Total:

590

389

446

447

II.

HONG KONG & YAUMATI FERRY COMPANY

Staff

No. on 11-5-67 (i.c. prior to disturbances)

No dismissed

after strike

Number reinstated

Number of New employees

Number on 31 July 1967

Number on 7 August 1967

Percentage of pre-distur- banoe total

Deck Crew

814

763

771

Engineering Crew

313

293

292

Other Staff

758

731

732

Total:

1,885

115

.10

1,787

1,795

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HONG KONG TRAMWAYS

Staff

No. on 11-5-67 (i.e. prior to disturbances)

No. dismissed after strike

Number reinstated

Number of Now employees

Number on 31 July 1967

Number on

7 August 1967

Percentage of pro-distur- banco total

Drivers

384

183

178

167

Conductors

817

385

380

Other Staff

512

111

416

420

Total

1,713

679

145

979

967

IV.

CHINA MOTOR BUS COMPANY

Staff

No. on 11-5-67 (i.c. prior to disturbances

No. dismissed

after strike

Number reinstated

Number of New employces

Number on 31 July 1967

Number on 7 August 1967

Percentage of pro-distur- bance total

Drivers

Conductors

706

409

332

340

1,056

671

411

417

Other Staff

598

193

404

403

Total

2,360

1,273

1,147

1,160

'KOWLOON HOTOR BUS COMPANY

Staff

No. on 11-5-67 (i.e. prior to disturbances)

No. dismissed

after strike

Number reinstated

Number of Now employees

Number on 31 July 1967

Number on 7 August 1967

Percentage of

pro-distur bance total

Drivers

1,810

1,481

220

559

568

Conductors

3,082

2,243

350

1,189

Other Staff

2,302

1,191

1,111

Total

7,194

4,915

570

2,859

2,868

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VI.

HONG KONG ELECTRIC COMPANY

Staff

No. on 11-5-67 (i.e. prior to disturbances)

No. dismissed

after strike

Number reinstated

Number of New employees

Number on 31 July 1967

Number on 7 August 1967

Percentage of Pre-distur- banne total

Staff

324

336

340

105

Labour

654

148

483

498

Total

978

148

819

838

VII.

HONG KONG AND CHINA GAS COMPANY

Staff

No. on 11-5-67 (i.e. prior to disturbances)

No. dismissed

after strike

Number reinstated

Number of New employees

Number on 31 July 1967

Number on 7 August 1967

Staff

166

Labour

382

331

169

Total

548

331

169

23*

187

186

200

Percentage of Pre-distur- banco total

112 52

387

386

VIII.

(* Including 21 promoted from Labour)

CHINA LIGHT & POWER COMPANY

Staff

No. on 11-5-67 (i.e. prior to disturbances)

.850

No. dismissed

after strike

Number reinstated

Number of New employees

Number on 31 July 1967 ·

Number on

7 August 1967

850

Percentage of Pre-distur- bance total

100

Labour

1,895

709

1,242

Total

2,745

709

2,092

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Apart from being quite unworthy in its total journalist or journalism it was clearly no (repeat no) contribution to present situation.

Spokesman went on to say that any imperial observer, having seen for himself, on the one hand the restraint of police and Government's rigid adherence to processes of law, and on other hand the degeneration of so-called "struggle" to indiscriminate terrorism involving

murder of young children, would assume that statements made at "press conference" handly seemed to be about the same place or the same events.

"It is too late for these people to divert attention from the murders and other crimes they have committed and applauded" spokesman concluded. "If that was the purpose of 'press conference' it has failed miserably".

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An unofficial member of Legislative Council this Tuesday afternoon called on Hong Kong Government to extend death penalty to cover crimes involving bombs.

　　Speaking on motion for adjournment of Council at today's meeting, Mr. Y.K Kan said those who perpetrate such crimes without regard for human life must be made to realise that if they are caught they may have to pay extreme penalty that law can impose.

　　Kan described killing of two young chilaren in North Point on Sunday as "wanton murder".

　　Kan said that unless stringent measures are at once imposed many more will suffer and he strongly urged Government to consider matter without delay.

　　In his reply, Colonial Secretary Mr. Holmes fully endorsed view expressed by Kan about brutal and cowardly murders last Sunday.

　　He assured Council that everything that is humanly possible is being done to prevent crimes of this kind and to apprehend those who have committed them.

　　During the day there have been almost thirty reports of bombs in various parts of Colony.

　　An explosion, believed to have been caused by homemade bomb, @ccurred o`tside Causeway Bay magistracy building at about three thirtyfive a.m.

　　Of reported bomb finds most of them proved to be fakes and rest were either detonated or disposed of by ballistics experts.

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Lowu and Man Kam to rail and bridge crossings into Hong Kong were scenes of series of incidents today Thursday.

　　　This morning group of some forty (repeat forty) demonstrators crossed Lowu Bridge and fought their way into Immigration compound on Hong Kong side. They wrested a tape recorder from Commercial Radio commentator Mr. Tim Williams who was member of a Press party visiting Lowu at time. Later demonstrators were repelled by gas grenades and a smoke grenade fired by Gurkha troops.

At Chinese end of bridge Communist Chinese army personnel were seen grappling with members of crowd of one hundred (repeat one hundred) attempting to join demonstration.

　　　　　Peace returned to Lowu until this afternoon when at about 5 p.m. another crowd began further demonstration during which two bursts of machine gun fire were heard from a hill on Chinese side of border. It is not (

　　　　　　It is not (repeat not) known whether these shots were fired into Hong Kong territory or upon demonstrators attempting to break through from Chinese side.

At about same time a group of some fifty (repeat fifty) men threw stones and tore away some of barricades placed on Man Kam To bridge to east of Lowu. These demonstrators who used hay carts to screen their activities were also repelled by gas grenades fired by Gurkhe troops.

At about 6.20 p.m. several petrol bombs were thrown into Hong Kong side of border at Towu.

One of bombs set fire to roof of Immigration Office.

　　　　A little earlier three men swam across the river on left of railway and clambered on to Hong Kong territory where they cut a hole in a barbed wire fence before swimming back to their side.

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　　Apparent attempt to intimidate Commercial Radion, one of their most outspoken critics, Communist terrorists today viciously attacked one of most popular producers of the station.

The producer Lan Bun and his brother after getting into car outside their Kowloon home when terrorists thres a petrol bomb into their car and set it on fire.

Terrorists had stopped their car by pretending to be road

repairers and waving red flags.

Both brothers are in critical condition in hospital,

Lam Bun has used his influence and position to launch

anti-Communist campaign over Commercial Radio. Communist agitators have been campaigning against Lam Bun for several months and posters were put up in Macao recently denouncing him as traitor and threatening him with punishment.

Immediately after the attack Commercial Radio announced a reward of one repeat one hundred thousand dollars for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible. A reward of fifty repeat fifty thousand dollars was also offered by police.

In statement Managing Director of Company Mister George Ho strongly condemned the "callous act" of the local Communists. He said that despite the intimidation his station would continue to expose all Communist plots and support the Government in the maintenance of law and order.

During today bomb disposal teams received more than thirty repeat thirty calls to deal with suspected bombs left in various public places.

But only two found in railway workers quarters in the new territories were genuirs. The others were either "trick" bombs with no explosives or hoares,

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　　Police have increased from twentyfive (repeat twentyfive) thousand dollars to fifty (repeat fifty) thousand dollars the reward for information leading to arrest and conviction of people responsible for North Point explosion which killed two young Chinese children last Sunday.

At same time reward for information leading to recovery of stolen explosives at two (repeat two) construction sites on Hong Kong Island or the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the thefts was also increased today from twentyfive (repeat twentyfive) thousand dollars to fifty (repeat fifty) thousand dollars for each case.

　　　Government today announced names of members of Compensation Board which is to consider applications for ex-gratia payments to dependants of persons killed and to persons incapacitated as a result of injuries received during disturbances while carrying on their customary work.

Chairman of Board is Mr. [gp. undec] Yang District Judge.

　　　It is expected that the Board will hold its first meeting shortly to consider the procedure for receiving applications.

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I am urgently considering the desirability of making emergency regulations to provide for the death penalty for the unlawful possession of high explosives, bombs or similar devices in certain circumstances, Such regulations would be on the lines of Regulation 116A of the Emergency (Principal) Amendment (No.2.) Regulations 1950 to which you agreed in your telegram No. 1513 of 4 October 1950. Your file reference was 14237/15/50. These Regulations were rescinded in April 1956.

It would probably be necessary to revise the working of the Regulation to cover all cases of attempted murder (e.g. by the use of inflammable liquids).

There have to date (23 August) been the following bomb incidents: Explosions 136

Bombs detonated or rendered harmless 202

Bombs found as a result of police search 43

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Persons killed 2

Persons injured 61

You are aware from my telegram No. 1279 that two children aged 8 and 2 were killed an 20 August by a bomb left in a side street much used as a children's playground. On 24 August a popular announcer on commercial radio, Lam Bun, and his clansman were critically burned when a petrol bomb was thrown at their car. Lam had been outspokenly critical of the Communists and had been threatened. He has since died.

These indiscriminate bomb attacks have outraged public opinion. On the adjournment debate in Legislative Council on 23 August an unofficial member suvocated the death penalty for these offences; he has received considerable public support.

6. I am also considering the question of corporal punishment for these offences.

7. A paper on the subject is being prepared for Executive Council where the matter was raised on 22 August.

8. The purpose of this telegram is to give you advance notice and to seek your preliminary views as early as possible.

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　　　　250815 Situation at border remains quiet following outbreaks of violence yesterday. There have been no further reports of incidents. Lowu and Man Kam To which were scenes of series of incidents yesterday are now quiet as are other points along frontier.

More machine gun bursts were heard near Lowu and Man Kam To following shots fired shortly before five o'clock last evening.

It is still not known whether these machine gun bursts were fired into Hong Kong or Chinese territory. It is possible they were intended to serve as a warning to demonstrators from Chinese territory whose actions had taken a violent turn at both points.

At one point one of Chinese troops was struck down by a demonstrator at Lowu while other demonstrators from their own side seeking to heighten disturbances at Lowu.

　　　　Shortly before the stoning ceased at Sha Tau Kok one stone which landed on Hong Kong side was found attached to a package containing gun powder in form of a crude bomb. The wick on this improvised device failed to function.

Referring to these incidents an official spokesman said that usual tear smoke had proved ineffectual partly because of weather conditions and partly because demonstrators had prepared themselves with home made gas masks and took other precautions. Accordingly it was decided to use phosphorus smoke grenades which produced

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Use of this smoke a thick smoke to disperse crowd. was preferred to only alternative which would have been to open fire.

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