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TELEGRAM/SAVINGRAM:
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File No.
54145/16/48 Pt.11x
To:-
GOVERNOR,
HONG KONG.
고이가
Sent.
Radford
Mr.
3/8/48.
Mr.
Wallace 3/8/48.
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Mr. Sidebotham 3/8/48.
H.M. AMBASSADOR, NANKING.
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Mr. A.L. Scott (F.0.)
H.L. Wilson
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Mr. F.D. Mantan (Min. of Def.)
Further action :-
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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 evidence
of military experts on each side subjected to cross-
examination by the other. It is doubtful whether it
would be sufficient to say that in event of Communist
attack, not anticipated as likely to occur in the
foreseeable future, Chinese jurisdiction in Kowloon
would be a source of danger or embarrassment.
2.
In view of this opinion, H.M.G. have come to
the conclusion that not only can there be no question
of their taking the case to the International Court,
but that they must also avoid getting themselves into a
position where the Chinese might take the case to the
/ Court.