Extract from Sav 90 Secret
Juteu 22nu
Jecuimper, 947.
Originai registered on 74228/1/47.
The proposed eviction o
Squatters in Aowloon
City has lead to an outcry in the Chinese Press, which nag been
The Chinese echoed in Canton and to a lesser extent in wanking.
always touchy on the question of covereignty claim that the Peking Convention of 1898 reverstu China's jurisuiction in Kowlloon City, and that China nas never waiveu nur sovereignty there, The area, only & acres in extent, has been administered as part of the Colony since 1899. There are few, if any, original residents, the old Walls Wore demolished uuring the J apanese occupation anu aquatters present a menace to health and a danger of fire. The agitation seems to have
attitude of Mr.T.W.AwOK, received some encouragement from the
The Chinese Commissioner for Foriegn affaires in nong Aong, who hus lent a rather ready ear to the petitions of the squatters, and who took the mutter up when he flew to Nanking recently.
In continuation of normal administrative measures it is proposed to proceed with the eviction una institute proceedings against Facilities the squatters, on whom summonses nve been served. to build alternative accommodation in approved mmmans areas are being given where desired. Neither unking nor T.V.Soong, Governor
is ue of tnis vexatious of Kwangtung, seem disposed to make un little uestion, and it is nopea that commonsense will prevail.
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