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DRAFT. ANNOUNCEMENT
KOWLOON
CITY
Revised draft statement based on draft in Ambassador's telegram No.161 to the Foreign Office.
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The Government of the Republic of
China and His Majesty's Government in the
United Kingdom have been considering an
amicable and reasonable settlement of the
controversy in connection with the Old City
of Kowloon. They have sought a solution
whereby this question would no longer be a
source of potential danger to the relations
which exist between them and the two peoples.
The Chinese Government maintain that
they have a good claim to jurisdiction
within the Old City of Kowloon under the 1898
Convention. On the other hand, they
recognise that since the area concerned
comprises only 62 acres and is some
20 miles across the frontier from China, the
exercise of such jurisdiction on their part,
if their claim were conceded, would give
rise to considerable practical difficulties.
The solution which has been reached
and which, in the view of both Governments,
makes