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Foreign Office, No.23 (Ref. our tel. 33) Hong Kong, No.8 (Ref. our tel. 16)
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His Reitannic Majesty's imbassy present
their compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and have the honour to neknowledge the receipt of the Ministry's memorandum Bg.Ou 37/00559 of January oth
protesting against the demolition of certain bute
constructed within the area of dowloon City end the
eviction of their owners therefrom
The contents of the Ministry'a mecorɛndum
bave been comunicated to the British authorities
But Hie Majesty's Babosay wish to make it
clear that they are unable to accept as valid the
claim put forward by the Chinese Goverment to
Juriadiation over Kowloon city.
BAITIER
BA
10th January, 1945.