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BE WRITTEN
IN
THIS
MARGIN.
Registry
No. F.11807/1147/10.
A. L. 9.
Draft
2/1
Gent, KCMG
Mr. G. E. . @trent, Colonial Office.
From Mr. Kitson.
to be convincing to the entiside world.
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FOREIGN OFFICE, S.W. I.
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Confidential.
Dear Sent
January 1945.
I enclose a copy of notes on Hong Kong
drawn up by John Keswick, until lately Assistant Political Advisor to the Supreme Allied
Commander, South East Asia. They were given by
him to Sterndale-Bennett in mid-November but
have since I regret been mislaid. They have
been discussed by Mn Keswick with Sir
Horace Seymour and the latter has a copy of the (I understand he was attracted by Keswick's ideas in principle notes. We should be glad to have your views on
Keswick's proposals.
2.Our own tentative comments are that the
fornite Colang
proposedd change of name is a good idea, but it would
administrative will have to be accompanied by a change of char-
acter as well.
Keswick's proposals for
interesting?
I seems
this (see paragraph 4c) are challenging, but we dimbajul
would be
doubt if they are constitutionally practicable. One
The danger of "granting universal sufferage at
appears to be
Hong Kong
that 98% of the population is
Chinese, and before we
might find Hong Kong
knew where we were we voted into incorporation jelting into co óperation
Governor
with China, unless the Government were given
Velo
brande
legal powers to prevent against this. A solution
might be to have a council, half selected and
elected
the
half limited, with a proportion of the latter
gradually increasing.
3. We agree with the points Keswick makes in
4(d)
paragraph for example, Chinese are at present
not allowed to own property on the Peak, and
there are doubtless other firms of discrimination.
Chiang Kai-
As regards the New Territories, Chiang Kai-
Shek made it plain in his speech on the 24th
xos Dujust
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