segment of opinion in saying "the advantages of Hong Kong to the Empire seem to most Americans slight compared with the goodwill which the British could win from the Chinese and other Asiatics by relinquishing control of that great Chinese city to the Chinese people". The New York Times also does not believe that the present position can continue indefinitely. Generally speaking, opinion appears to favour not so much the relinquishment of our sovereignty, as a fresh consideration of Hong Kong's future, either on British initiative with the Chinese directly, or through the agency of the Council of Foreign Ministers as Byrnes seemed to suggest in his Press Conference this week, or through the United Nations security organisation as various Liberals are urging.
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