Strong police contingents guarded the U.S. Embassy and set up barbed wire entanglements alongside the wall. Even with these precautions, furious students could not be prevented from plastering the embassy walls with protest banners.
下午六時左右，一名青年從中華路側的圍牆翻進了大使館，昇起了一面青天白日滿地紅的國旗，然後在旗桿下靜坐抗議。