"Now loon"".
Kowloon is as
recur
as
Hong Kong itself, having been
"ceded" in 1860.
no
The FO. are
doubt thinking of the New
Territories held on a
99 year lease
under the agreement of 1898. There
is
no reason
Why
we should
allow ourselves to be Glackmailed
by threats
to denounce the
lease.
The position has changed
somewhat since
Si willain
Peel wrote his Cetter of 2nd pely. (see his let of 4th Seft - 28). 1
have ascertained that Si S. Wilson was already acknowledged
it, mentioning that a copy of the Customes Agreement fart bas been sent to the FO. In the
Circumstances
it might be best