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Repeated to:- Special Commissioner, Singapore (No.9%)
To the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
From the Governor, Hong Kong.
Date 12th December, 1946.
British Ambassador, Nanking. Consul-General, Canton.
(No. 30 (No.20)
No. 2o. 420
Following is a short appreciation of factors in Hong Kong
which may affect foreign policy, covering the period ended
9th December, 1946.
(a) Interest or activity in the Colony on the part of any foreig
country.
(1) A report has been received that the Chinese Communist
party and the China Demonratic League each intend to publish a daily
newspaper in Chinese in Hong Kong.
(i) The situation in regard to the Wa Kiu Yat Po newspaper and
the surrender of Mr. Sham Wai-Yau remains unchanged on the surface:
but there is much activity behind the scenes. There are indications
that General Chang Fa-Kuei is realising that he has been dragged into
a difficult situation by Mr. Li Tai-Chiu, the head of the Hong Kong
Branch of the Kuomintang, and that he wishes to wash his hands of the
matter before he suffers a loss of face, which the continued deadlock
in the struggle for complete control of the paper and a possible
rejection of the request for the surrender of Sham Wai-Yau as a
collaborator would entail. Colonel Lok Boi-Tin (Henry Lucke) of
General Chang's staff has not actually proceeded to take up the post
over/
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