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GOVERNOR,
DRAFTTELSGRAM.
HONG KONG.
(1)
53638/L/B/38 Hong Kong.
No.
Your telegram No.160.
H.M.
107
Ambassadors in China and Japan agree
that initiative in arranging refugee
zone should be taken by private organ-
isations, who should themselves, in
consultation with H.2. Consul-General at
Canton, approach the Kuangtung Government
to set aside a suitable site which they
will agree to demilitarise in all
respects. I presume that the further
the site is away from Hong Kong border
the better it will be from the Colony'a
point of view.
It will be obvious that such
assurances as to genuine demilitarisation
of area which Japanese Government may be
expected to require must depend upon good
faith