the
Ceder
X
The catchment area is out- side the leased territories.
(intl.)H.M.
Not accordin to mapon
the
then file.
The
This is important
o
the N.T. which were dependent on the preferential
markets within the Empire, their owners, who would
be Chinese, would be valuable advocates for retaining
the New Territories within the Empire. I.e. mv idea
would be to establish trade in order to retain the
flag.
I agree that there are certain parts of the
N.T. which are essential to the economic life of the
y
Colony, but I think that they are only the waterworks
and the aerodrome, and I don't think either of these
are very far North. The real argument for retaining
the N.T. must I think be the strategic one; i.e.
their retention is an imperial and not a local interest
because it seems and it is the Empire not the Colony which should day
The that all the
governors acuments
ayments if there is any paving to be done; though I do not
fall to the round f Haus. If the
H-US. New Territories s not a self. Supporting wit
DSA.
3/2/390
is chored
exclude the possibility of a Colonial contribution,
e.g. from the surplus in the Currency Security funds.
(Sgd.) G. L.M. Clauson.
30.1.39.
It is unnecessary to recapitulate all the arguments
recorded in the 1938 file as to the essential dependance
of Hong Kong on the continued use of the Leased Terri-
tories or at least of the major part of them. Sir C.
Clementi ouite recently impressed the point upon me
and expressed the view that we should be continuously
watchful for a favourable opportunity of stabilizing
the position. To this extent, therefore, the report
which we are awaiting from the Board of Trade, though
it will no doubt be very valuable, is not, I suggest,
likely seriously to affect the general argument
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that