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signature of the treaty and possibly cause the Chinese Government to refuse to sign at all. The United States Government, who have now virtually completed their negotiations, are proposing to the Chinese Government signature on the 1st January. I would see advantage in our concluding our treaty also in time for signature on that date, or as soon as possible thereafter. We can expect in any case no support from the United States Government in a refusal to discuss the question of the New Territories. Further, since it is inevitable that after the war we shall at some stage be obliged to discuss the future of the New Territories, not to mention Hong Kong itself, I recommend that we should inform the Chinese Government that we shall be prepared to discuss the future of the New Territories when victory has been won. I request the sanction of my colleagues for instructions to Sir H. Seymour authorising him to seek a solution
on these lines.
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Foreign Office, December 19, 1942.
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