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Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. S:
Secretary of State:
Your Reference...
DRAFT.CYPHER TELEGRAM
IMMEDIATE
No..
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Secret.
FOR FOREIGN OFFICE
CONCURRENCE.
GOVERNOR,
HONG KONG.
(184) (185)
FURTHER ACTION.
Kowloon City.
You have presumably received your
copies of Nanking telegrams Nos. 229 and 231.
2.
It seems quite clear from latter
telegram that nothing short of actual
exercise of jurisdiction will be acceptable
to Chinese. In these circumstances, if it
were decided, in spite of the Chinese
uncompromising attitude, to make a further
effort and put forward the Consulate compound
idea, the Chinese are not likely to give us
assurance for which we should have to ask
namely that they would not claim that such
a solution was an admission of their claim to
jurisdiction and right to exercise it.
Subject to your agreement it is not therefore
proposed to put forward the proposal for a
Consulate compound.
3.
The alternative courses open to us
seem to be (a) to leave things as they are,
(b) to proceed with the proposal for a park,
(c) to proceed with the proposal for a
Garden of Remembrance.
4.
There is a further question which
arises, whichever of the above alternatives
is adopted, namely whether we should indicate
to