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town and port under British juridiction.
question is to be raised, it might be better to
consider the whole question of the position of the
New Territories, which will eventually have to be
considered, and possibly to make some alternative
concession which might prove less embarrassing to
the Colonial Administration. In this connection
ortance Sir William Peel's memorandum on the improvement
of the New Territories to the Colony of Hong Kong
will be found of interest.
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? Reply to 12 that. the S. of S. would be most
impracticable to contemplate
reluctant to consider the admission of Chinese juris-
diction in the City of Kowloon. Say that this would
create a foreign enclave in the middle of a large
commercial port, which would prove administratively
quite most embarrassing d apart from any question of
military necessity. Weihaiwe would hardly appear
a
to constitute a parallel, since it was merely a small vallant
term in the middle of the rural area and presented
"What created by no such problem in administration as appear in the
commercial activities of the port of Hong Kong.and
Kowloon. If any concession is considered necessary
for the maintenance of good relations and British
commercial activity in China, the S. of S. would
prefer some alternative concession to be considered.
Subject to the concurrence of the S. of S. for Foreign
Affairs, it is proposed to authorise the 0.A.G., Hong
evacuation Kong, to continue with the forcible edon of the
City.
7. Roger
21.V.
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70.2951/221/10
Copy of Rekking desp. No 400.
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