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dictate revision of constitution of a British colony by insisting that they be entitled to secure their representation on legislative council is an insult not having any reason historically and especially as in their own country international zone system nowhere prevails. Negotiations having been sus- pended another general strike in Hongkong as an attempt to force hands of government is contempla- ted.
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(4) At their dictation mercantile shipping og Japan and United States are already treating us practically in an unfriendly manner by ostracising Hongkong, Indian subjects guilty of no offence heve been detained in chains for 19 days: two British subjects have been deported from Pakhoi by picket and it is currently stated that Great Britain is finished,
(E) I proceed to Hongkong tomorrow to discuss the situation with the Governor and the Commander-
in-Chief.
Repeated to Peking, No. 4.