Cypher (0.T.P.)
TO HONG KONG (Sir A. Grant ham)
FROM S. OF S., COLONIES.
Sent 18th January, 1948. 14.45 hrs.
IMPORTANT
No. 84 Restricted.
Following from Foreign Office to Nanking No. 37 of 17th January repeated to Hong Kong for information. Begins.
Hy telegram No. 55 jef 16th Jemwarý – Kowloon evictions).
[Hy telegram No.
Chinese Minister called again on 15th Januzry and read out extracts from further telegrams received from Nanking. The mein object of his visit was to urge that the Hong Kong Government should station no police in Kowloon city and release the two accused persons pending settlement of the dispute. The liinister was given no encouragement to suppose that the Tiong Kong Goverment would interfere with the law and it was again represented to him that the Chinese Government should divorce the question of the Kowloon incident from that of jurisdiction over Kowloon city.
2. At the close of the interview Minister made the purely personal suggestion that Kowloon city might be allocated as the site for the Chinese Maritime Customs now that the customs @greement has been signed. He stressed that he had no authori from his Government or from his Ambassador to make this suggestion and he would not wish it to be known at this juncture that the ides emanated from hin. When it was indiosted to him that from the practical point of view Kowloon city would hardly be suitable at present for occupation by the Customs, Minister said this would not matter as long as the allocation was made in principle.7
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Jecretary of State Sir T. Lloyd
kr. kees Williama
81r C. Jeffriss
Sir S. Caine
Ar. Eastwood
Mr. Poynton
Mr. Rogers
Mr. Galsworthy
Mr. Bennett
Hr. Ian Watt
Mr. Blackburne
Colonial Attache
Mr. Bigg
Accounts Branch
Mr. Holding
R. 445
Mr. Collins
Mr. Seel,
Mr. Mayle
Mr. W.I.J. Wallace
Mr. Radford
Mr. Scarlett
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