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SECRE T.
SAVINGRAM
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To the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Repeated to:
From the Governor, Hong Kong.
Date 30th December, 1946
Special Commissioner, Singapore (No.9%) British Ambassador, Nanking. (No.34)
Consul-General, Canton,
(No.25)
No. 435
Following is a short appreciation of factors in Hong Kong
which may affect foreign policy covering the period ended 23rd December,
1946.
(a) Interest or activity in the Colony on the part of any foreign
country.
(i) After careful consideration of the request of General Chang
Fa-Kwei I have decided, with the concurrence of the Executive Council,
not to surrender Sham Wai-Yau of the Wa Kiu Yat Po as a collaborator.
Sham eventually came forth from his place of hiding and submitted
himself to interrogation. The reasons for declining the application
for surrender will be explained in detail to General Chang Fa-Kwei.
It is anticipated that the result of this decision will be that the
Kuomintang will be baulked of its desire to extend further its
control of this newspaper, but that it will retain, for the time being
at any rate, such measure of control as it has already achieved.
(b) Reactions in the Colony to the actions or policy of any foreign
country.
(1) The new import controls of the Chinese Government have been
the subject of lengthy discussion between local commercial interests
and officers of the Chinese department which is to be established in
over/