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to reflect the views of his informants in Canton
and (if held by an Intelligence Officer) can do much
harm. I must protest at once at the unfairness (to
say the least of it) of Mr. Hallifax and Mr. King in
putting these words "policy of the Hongkong Government"
in inverted commas, for this implies that the phrase was
used in Commander Faure's memorandum, which is not the
case. Commander Faure speaks throughout of the "policy
of Hongkong", and makes it clear that he means unofficial
policy. This policy of Hongkong he defines as "unofficially
"to support Chen Chiung-ming in every way possible, short
"of active interference". This is the first point which
Mr. Hallifax criticises in his memorandum (and for which
the Governor thinks that Faure ought to get the sack),
and yet Mr. Hallifax himself goes on to say "no doubt
"Chen's party had practical support from private
"sympathisers in Hongkong.....
but I know of no reason
"to justify belief in the actual support of Chen".
It is beyond me to imagine what is the difference
between practical and actual support.
There can be no
doubt that at one time Hongkong was very anxious to
support/