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GOVERNOR,
HONG KONG.
H.M. AMBASSADOR,
NANKING. F.O.
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Addressed to Governor Hong Kong No.. 8.78 Repeated to H.M. Ambassador Vanking
Your telegram No. 723.
Kowloon City.
1. You should know that H.M.G. are advised that if
case were to go before International Court, H.M.G.
could not repeat not) successfully resist Chinese
claim to jurisdiction in Kowloon City unless upon the
ground of military requirement. As to this ground, it
would be necessary to establish some present or
apprehended contingency of a military character which,
from a military point of view, rendered it impossible
to agree to a resumption of Chinese jurisdiction. It
would be for Court to decide on this point upon evidencé
of military experts on each side subjected to cross-
/examination