advisers of H.M. Government attach considerable importance
to the Rock
being entirely
Ceded to Great Britain
-5. Mr Chamberlain states
attractors important
The point
is the
attitude
which Mr Chamberlain
recommends
for consideration
solely on military grounds but on those grounds he would suggest that the Chinese Government might be pressed to cede a tract
which is of no value to
them but of considerable value to the security of the Colony of
Hongkong
6. Your letter states
RAFT.
MINUTE.
Antrobus.
Cox.
Lucas.
Graham.
Wingfield.
Earls of Selborne.
Chamberlain.
To the effect that "no
pledge has been
"given to the Chinese
as regards Government
allowing the resumption by Chinese officials of
jurisdiction within
Kowloon
city" and
that the Chinese Government
have been informed that it is impossible to allow Chinese authority within the walls of the
city
to be resumed. Mr Chamberlain trusts that this matter may be taken as finally
settled and that under no circumstances or
conditions will the former Chinese authority
in
any form be revived in Kowloon city.