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Great Britain and China.
(c) having lost Hong Kong to the enemy it is a point
of national honour for us to recover it.
(a) we have a heavy responsibility in respect of Hong
Kong towards all nations interested in the stability and
welfare of the Far East.
The position of Hong Kong as a great centre of population and
a focus of shipping, commercial and other activities give it
a special role in the furtherance of this object. This role
may be even more important in the coming period of reconstruction
than in the past. We therefore regard it as a national duty
not only to recover the Colony but to restore it to its former
state of order and prosperity.
9. In short the two aims on which we have at present
to concentrate our attention are recovery and rehabilitation,
FOREION OFFICE, S.W.1.
16th April, 1945.
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