SAVINGRAM
To the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
From the Governor, Hong Kong.
Date
No.
2
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propaganda week in connexion with the movement for the retrocession
of Macao was being arranged, with a press campaign, radio broadcasts,
parades of students, a petition to Nanking and possibly, if the
situation calls for it, the voluntary evacuation of Chinese nationals
from Macao. A still later report said that at the first meeting of
the "Special Committee for the Return of Macao to China" it had been
decided to send a commission to visit Macao and the adjacent district
of Chungshan. A certain Major-General Chu Jen-chih, Deputy Commander
of the Chinese Guerrillas in that area during the war, is reported
to have said that he much regretted that no mention of Macao was
made in the new Sino-Portuguese Treaty. He went on to say that the
question of Macao is connected with the question of Hong Kong; if the
question of Hong Kong is settled that of Macao will follow in due
course and consequently the bigger question cannot be left mattended
to. A United Press despatch from Macao dated 27th April says that a
press campaign for the retrocession of Macao has started in Canton,
(b) Reactions in the Colony to the actions or policy of any foreim
country.
(c) Reactions in the Colony to British foreign policy.
There is nothing of interest to report imder these headings.