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Mr.
Mr.
Anderson 29/11
Hall 29/1
Mr. Sidelothamn 2011 p
Mr.............
Mr.
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. S.
Minister of State
Secretary of State
Your Reference......
DRAFT.
SECRET.
12b Dec. 1950
(for the Hall's signature)
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1. P.Hayman, Esq., Ministray of Defence.
(To 1). Please refer to correspondence
ending with your letter to Morgan
2. R.L.Marris, Esq., Treasury.
3. N.C.C.Trench,Esq., Foreign Office.
(pus of enel to (52)
FURTHER ACTION.
(Flagged_A/(44))
(638)/44
(15)
dated the 5th April, about the
constitutional position in Hong Kong.
(To 2 only) Please refer to
correspondence ending with Moberly's
letter to Kirkness No.IF.16/02 of the
23rd September 1949, about the
proposed new Constitution for Hong Kong.
(To 3 only) Please refer to the
Governor of Hong Kong's despatch No.155
of the 25th August, 1949, a copy of
which was sent to Coates on the
12th October,1949.
2.
(To all) You will remember that
the 1949 proposals recommended the
introduction of the elective principle
and a substantial unofficial majority
in the Legislative Council. The
elections were to be on a communal
basis and the electors had to be British
subjects. As you know the majority
of the Hong Kong population consists of
Chinese and although it was not possible
to estimate how many of these would have
the courage to claim British nationality,
the Hong Kong Secretary for Chinese Affair