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DEPARTMENTAL No. 1.
FROM FOREIGN OFFICE TO CHUNGKING.
No. 976.
23rd August, 1945.
D. 8.40 p.m. 23rd August, 1945
12 SEP 1990
Repeated to S.E.A.C. (for Mr. Dening) No. 413.
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In the House of Commons to-day Mr. Churchill asked the Prime Minister whether His Majesty's Government are taking action to restore British Administration in Hong Kong as soon as they receive the Japanese surrender in the Colony.
2. The Prime Minister replied: Yes Sir, as stated by the Foreign Secretary on Monday, arrangements are being made for the Japanese surrender in Hong Kong to be accepted by the British Forces Commander. Plans for re-establishing British administration in the Colony are fully prepared.
3. In a supplementary Mr. Churchill asked: while expressing gratification of the answer of the Prime Minister, may I presume that my Honourable Friend recalls that on numerous occasions, and particularly at the Cairo Conference in 1943, His Majesty's Government have made it plain that they do not contemplate any modification in the sovereignty of His Majesty's territories in the Far East.
4. The Prime Minister: Yes, Sir. I have a very full recollection of those statements and I will bear them in mind.
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