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Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Sir C. Parkinson.
Sir G. Tomlinson.
Sir C. Bottomley.
Sir J. Shuckburgh.
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
DRAFT.
suitable land available, the pre-
dominantly urban nature of the Colony,
and the financial arrangements in
regard to defence which have already
been accepted by the Colony.the
sterilisation, so far as urban or even
agricultural development is concerned,
FURTHER ACTION.
of
substantial areas In the circum-
stances of Hong Kong involves the
Colonial Government and the people of
the Colony generally in a very appreciable
economic loss far exceeding that which
would be occasioned by a similar
transfer in the case of practically any
other British Colony.
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