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conditi na suggested to be attached to any premature surrender of the lease of the New Territories.
One of
these conditions is "joint management of that part of the water supply system which would run beyond the Colony's new boundary". It is also noted that it might be desirable to stipulate joint control as well as joint management and to add :n understanding about the grant of facilities to the Hong Kong Government for constructing any further installations in the New Ter itories (e.g. a new airfield).
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4. This Memorandum was revised in April 1947 88 8 Colonial office document, intended as a Memorandum for the Cabinet pressing for a public statement of our intention to retain Hong Kong and outlining a policy should the Chinese seck discussions about the New Territories (which in 1943 we had promised them to enter into "when victory was won", should the then desire this). The suggested policy was that we should be prepared, if neces ary and as a maximum, to agree to the prematurë surrender of the lease of the
((again set met in Annexure II.) Three of these conditions New Territories on conditions/were "joint control and management of that part of the water-supply system which would run beyond the Colony's new bo ndary; continued control of any other important installatio s in the New Territories, e. g. the airport if constructed; grent of facilities to the Hong Kong Government for constructing any further installations in the New Territories which might be regarded as necessary or desirable in the interests of the Colony". (In fact thia Memorandum never went to the Cabinet).
5. All these papers considered the effects on Hong Kong of a possible premature surrender of the lease of the New Territories and the conditions which it would be necessary or desirable to attack to such a surrender; and
I have drawn attention to the particular conditions considered which relate to Hong Kong's most important
installations