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OF A MEETING
HELD AT THE COLONIAL OFFICE
ON 16TH JULY, 1937.
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Present:
H.R. Cowell, C.M.G. (in the Chair).
Sir A. Caldecott, K.C.M.G., C.B.E.
Sir J.T. Pratt, K.B.E., C.M.G.
C.W. Orde, C.M.G.
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Foreign Office.
Lieutenant Colonel J.F.M. Whiteley, M.C.R.E.
G.E.J. Gent, D.S.0., 0.BE.,
P. Rogers
M.C.
(War Office)
Colonial Office.
Sir A. Caldecott described the small size of
the old Chinese walled city of Kowloon, and said that it
was now completely surrounded by the extension of the
present port and town of Kowloon. The buildings which
surrounded the wall of the old city were as insanitary
as those which had recently been cleared inside, and
would eventually have to be cleared away also. The main
military and R.A.F. establishments were all within the
Leased Territory. It was to him unthinkable that we
should surrender jurisdiction in a part of the Fortress
area to a foreign Government. It was further to be
borne in mind that the Chinese were not likely to be
content with jurisdiction in the walled "city" only, but
may be expected to cast covetous eyes on the rest of the
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