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Bref for General Hurley and visit:
HONGKONG.
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In a telegram to General Ismay dated 27th March(copy
attached) Field-Marshal Wilson records a conversation with
General Hurley in which the latter said that we were likely
to encounter a rough attitude from the President and the
State Department over Hongkong and that he might be raising
this question in London.
We must therefore be prepared for the possibility of
his mentioning Hongkong, but it is not possible to foresee
from what angle and with what degree of emphasis he is likely
do an
to raise the question.
He would presumably be likely to begin with some general
reference to American concern about Hongkong and it might be
tactically advantageous to reply at once on a challenging
note and to ask whether that concern is based to any extent
on a belief that the Colony has been unwisely administered
or unfairly exploited in British interests. He can be safely
challenged to disprove that it has been run to the benefit of
nearly a million Chinese residents and of all countries having
relations with China, and that the opportunities it affords,
in a material sense, have been equally available to all
nationalities. The main points regarding the British record
ང ཡད ཀྱི དོགས in Hongkong are briefly set out in the attached note.
Apart from this, there seem to be three main general
points:
1. The question of Hongkong is one between Great Britain
and China, and the Chinese Government must be aware of the
present attitude of His Majesty's Government as recently
reaffirmed in Parliament.
2. Having lost Hongkong to the enemy, it is a point of
national honour for us to recover it.
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