5876-150) Wt. 14813-85 5,000 6/40 T.S.
HONG KONG.
695
C. O.
Mr. Monson, 4. 2.
Mr. Duncan $22 nuinte H.D.
Mr.
Gent
Sir A. Burns.
Mr. G. L. M. Clauson.
Mr. C. J. Jeffries.
Mr. A. J. Dawe.
Sir J. Shuckburgh.
Permt. U.S. of S.
(No.6.)
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
DRAFT.
DESPATCH.
HONG KONG.
NO.
ALD
54051/40.
15
(Refer KM 17mon, before aspatch).
Sir,
Downing Street,
January, 1941.
I have etc., to refer to
Mr. Smith's despatch No.308 of the
27th of June, regarding the approved
terms of renewal of 75 year leases
of Crown land in Hong Kong, and .to
also recover
inform you that I have taiton th
representations
apdrtunity of
Cussing this
question wibia Mr.H.W.Looker,
my predecessor! desp
bound my
(see No. 170 of the 10th of May,
(see
see No.
1940). Mr.Looker should not,
however, be taken as having in any way
committed himself or his clients to
to what is
kanalasian
set out below.
ш
GOVERNOR.
From the geformation at present
it afpson that, hom the Strieth legal pount of view, the Comment are sutitur, on the Experation of the present leases, to paul pest. leases upon such terms and conditions as they may think fit.
FURTHER ACTION.
17° Calder 15 me.
2.
I am satisfied, after
full examination of the documents
forwarded with Mr. Smith's despatch
under reference, that, from the
point of views,
legal det,there is no
shully
substance in the claim put forward
by the Special Committee of the
General Committee of the Hong Kong
General Chamber of Commerce that
holders of the 75 year leases are
entitled on expiry of the lease to
its