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Extract from note of guidance to Colonial Office representative at the San Francisco Conference on policy regarding the future
status of Hong Kong.
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On the one hand nothing should be said which might be interpreted as suggesting that we are willing to bargain about or even expecting to discuss the future of Hong Kong. the other hand since we have indicated our readiness to discuss the future of the New Territories, with the Chinese after the war, care should be taken not to convey the impression that the door is bolted as well as shut. On the whole it is suggested that the line should be that naturally we are having to make plans and that of course those plans are based on the assumption that Hong Kong will continue to be administered as a British Colony. Any adjustment of the pre-war position that may be necessary with China and in the common interest must be considered after the war at leisure and by joint consultation.
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