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1/3/46
DRAFT. MINUTE
FURTHER ACTION.
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on
lilim discussions leading up
to constitutional notance
(1)
$14.3 f.8.
Permi. US. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State,
For Sir George Gater's signature
IMMEDIATE
SECRET
Mr. Rowan
Causal (4)
HONG KONG
·
Thank you for your minute of the
14th March asking, on behalf of the Prime
Minister, for my comments on the minute addressed to the Prime Minister on behalf of
the Chiefs of Staff on the continuance of the
military administration in Hong Kong after
1st of April.
We are not, of course, in a position
to assess, the military reasons put forward by
the Chiefs of Staff for an extension.
Them, and, however, cogent
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would, however, like to mention the reasons
he one wow,
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why, military administration should not be continued longer than is absolutely necessary.
It is a form of administration, akin to
martial law, which severely restricts the
rights and privileges of the individual.
also adversely affects the future of the territory, inasmuch as a military administrati is clearly not in a position to embark on the longer term measures of rehabilitation and
These measures reconstruction, which are of first importance
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