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with the military requirements for the defence of Hong Kong.

..e think that these words require that there should be some

definable military danger or disadvantage to be anticipated

from the presence of Chinese officials in Kowloon. e doubt

whether it would be sufficient to say that in the ovent of a

Communist attack, not anticipated as likely to occur in the

foreseeable future, Chinese jurisdiction in kowloon City

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would bea source of danger or embarrassment, particularly if

the circumstances are that at any moment in such an eventuality

the British authorities could terminate the exercise of such

The Jurisdiction by espelling the Chinese officla lo,

provision does not enable the Chinese authorities in our view

to introduce Chinese troops into Kowloon City as a garrison

or for any military purpose (other than perhaps, for example,

leave or covalescent purposes in limited numbers), and wo

would have thought that it would be a simple matter in the

event of anticipated military operations to expel Chinese

officials from Kowloon Pity and terminate the exercise of their

jurisdiction. This, however, is a matter involving technical

military considerations about which we are of course not

competent to express an opinion.

In the event of the dispute between Great Britain and

China coming before the international Court, if it were sought

to justify British jurisdiction in Kowloon City on the ground

that Chinese jurisdiction would be inconsistent with military

requirements, it would be for the Court to decide whether in

fact military requirements for the defense of Hong Kong made

it necessary that jurisdiction in Kowloon City should not be

exercised by the Chinese authorities. Whe view of the

British military authorities would not detormine the matter;

the opinions which they expressed would be evidence before

the fourt upon which the Court itself would pronounce in

deciding/

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