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getting the squatters to move off without the loss of Chinese face and at the same time by circumreuting the jurisdiction issue. I refused to be drawn on this poin however and 'took the line that the action intended by the Hong Kong authorities was a purely administrative measure to protect the inhabitants of Kowloon from the spread of disease and the risk of fire. The latest position is that to give tempers time to cool summonses have been served on those of the squatters who have refused to obey the eviction notices instead of taking direct action against them.
Meanwhile the agitation in so far as China is concerned would appear to have died down.