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long as the Chinese acquiesced.
Likewise we might resort to
either a prerogative Order or an Order under the Foreign Jurisdiction Act 1890.
4.
Both option A and option B seem to me to be unsatisfactory from the point of view of our position in international law. We should in each case be continuing to administer Chinese territory
(the formerly leased territories) without any clear right to do so, and if the Chinese chose to raise objections at any time within the foreseeable future we should in all probability be able to demonstrate no right under international law to remain.
7. Bunows
Винаго
14 April 1982
cc: Sir I Sinclair
Mr Donald
FED
F Burrows
Legal Counsellor
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