INWARD TELEGRAM
21145/16/2
TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES
Cypher (0.T.P.)
TMPORTAN
COPY FO
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FROM HOIR KONG (Governor's Deputy)
D. 19th November, 1945.
R. 19th
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10.40 hrs.
(293) 2.
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geeres.
Your telegram No. 1115. (294).
Following for raakin.
I regret the ambiguous phraseology.
Intention of my telegram No. 956 is to produce further arguments for taking ono to the International Court and to adduce reasers to prove that our ease on military grounds is strong to prevail, in other verde to convince the court that British Jurisdiction in Kowloon Olty is essential on grounds of military security.
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weaning of the Seconisentence of paragraph 7 is that if the court ruled that Chinese jurisdiction there should be accopted, we should then shift our ground and agree that the wording of the peking convention provides for (serupt -89. X caninehir) reloon city and that thezè san be no qeontion of chinese having any (oersept Military) # rights there.
Arie
Coples sen
I Core-wetigne to follow.
Foreign offies.
Ministry as pofeuse,
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