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November 1942.,
H..Ambassador, Chungking.
No...
(Cypher)
War Cabinet
Distribution.
Copies as usual.
for Aduty. and C.O
Concurrence.
Your telegram No. 1574 [of 17th
November:
Kowloon Leased Territory.
I am not prepared to consider the
les
New Territory in connexion with present
treaty since this not only has nothing
to do with extraterritoriality but
being, as stated in the Convention, an
enlargement of British territory is in
an entirely different category from the
concessions and settlements in China in
which we are relinquishing our special
rights.
2. You should therefore inform
the Chinese Government that H.M.G.
Tel
regard the New Territory as outside the
scope of the present treaty.
But you
may add, in writing if necessary, that
on the victory of the United Nations we
look for a reconstruction in the Far
East which will secure peace and order
for all and in which we should expect all
the/