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would seem to be little practical difficulty in such a situation. This, indeed, has been the basis on which
the New Territories have been administered. The 1945 paper mentioned at paragraph 13 above envisages, at the third concession it considers, a not dissimilar arrangement of a British administration remaining in Hong Kong on a lease.
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