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GOVERNOR,
Mr. Wallace........... 9.7.
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Mr.Sidney Abrahams 9.7.
Mr. Sidebotham....... 14/7
Mr. Paskin.
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opies to Mr. A.L. Scott, (4 copies)
Mr. P... Martin (Min.Der. 2 copies)
Your telegram No. 606.
Kowloon City.
are
1. H.M.G. is advised that if case were to go
before International Court, H.M.G. could not
(repeat not) successfully resist Chinese claim
to exercise 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
or a military character which, from a military
point of view, rendered it impossible to agree
to e resumption of Chinese jurisdiction.
would be for the Court to decide on this point
upon evidence of military experts on each side
subjected to cross-examination by the other.
2.
It
In the light of this advice there can be.
no question of our taking the case before the
Court and we must avoid giving the Government
of China grounds for them to take us to Court.
If therefore we are not merely to let the
matter slide, which would leave Kowloon City
as an obvious opening for the Chinese to make trouble at any time they wished, we must seek
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