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Secretary of State.
FOR THE CONCURRENCE OF
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GOVERNOR,
HONG KONG,
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the absence of any evidence to implicate
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FURTHER ACTION.
Kowloon Incident.
1. Proposals in paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 Your tecewain No. 67
for seizing present opportunity to take
initiative with Chinese Government have
been very carefully considered here and
the following conclusions reached:-
(a) that assurances which have been
given by Chinese Minister for
Foreign Affairs, in response to our
Ambassador's representations, that
instructions were to be sent to
"National Times" to maintain "an
unprovocative attitude" should be
accepted, and that the paper should
be judged on its future behaviour
and no further action taken at the
moment:
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their
(b) that we cannot request withdrawal
hive
Kuomintang and the Sari Min Chu
particularly
I Youth Corps while refugee
personalities and organisations
within the Colony opposed to the
Chinese Government are free to
continue their activities:
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