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TELEGRAM/SAVINGI
GOVERNOK, HONG KONG
Repeated to:---
FOR FOREIGN OFFICE CONCURRENCE.
Mr.
Mayle
19/3/43
Mr.
For transmission :-
Priority -
Nil.
Mr.
Mr.
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
S. of S.
In Clear.
Code
Cypher
Reply urgently retired.
Important.
Immediate.
Mest-humeéterte,
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Distribution :-
Further action
Your telegram No.313 following for
Lord Listowel begins.
1. No repeat no objection to your
proposed reply on first point. Words "and of
no reason why they should do so" may be
added if you wish.
2. Proposed reply on second point might
be challenged as ignoring what happened in
1943 when Chinese Government asked for
rendition of New Territories in negotiations
leading to abolition of extraterritoriality
in China. H.M.G. refused to consider request
in that connection but intimated that if
Chinese