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Extract from Official Report of
8th November, 1944.
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BRITISH EMPIRE (HONG KONG)
Mr. Astor asked the Prime Minister whether Hong
Kong or any other part of the Empire is excluded from
his declaration that it is not proposed to liquidate the
British Empire.
The Deputy Prime Minister (Mr. Attlee): No part
of the British Empire or Commonwealth of Nations is
excluded from the scope of the declaration referred to.
Mr. Astor: While expressing great pleasure that
this declaration has come from the Leader of the Labour
Party, may I ask him whether all encouragement will
now be given to British firms to prepare plans for
re-establishing themselves in Hong Kong, and getting on
with British export trade in that area?
Mr. Attlee: That is obviously so.
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