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23rd August

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14th November,

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19th November, 1945

on to draw attention to Mr. Attlee's reply to l!r. Astor on the 8th November, 1944 (above) and concluded with a reference to a statument made by lir. Churchill to the effect that matters affecting British Colonial territory wore not to be discursud at the 3an Fransisco Conference

or at any other moetin; in connection with that Conference.

Hr. Bevin, in the course of his first speech to the Touso as Foreign Secretary, after referring to the circumstances in which Hong Kong was lost, said:-

"Te have now taken stops to oceive the su ronder of the Japanese forces in Hong Tong. There may still be difficultics, but they will be overcome, and I am sure that in agreement with our Chinose and American 21lies our tor-itory will be returned to us.

Arising out of Mr. Bovin's state ent lie. Attice

as Prime Minister, in reply to an arrang.d private notice question by Br. Church 11 as to whether His Majesty's Government wure taking notion to rostore Ori tish administration in Hong Kong 3 soon as the received the Japanese surrender in the Colony, said:-

"Yus air. As stated by the Forei,m Secretary on lionday. arrangements ar buing made for the Japanese surrender in Hong Kong to be accepted by a British Fo ce Commander. Plans for re-establishing Beitish administration in the Colony er fully proparod,"

Kr. Churchill then went on to ask:-

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"While expressing ratification at the answer of the Frime nistr, may I presume that my Right Honourable Friend recalls that on numerous occasions, and particularly at the Cairo Conference in 1943, His Majesty's Government had made it plain that they do not contemplate any modification in the sovereignty of His Majesty's territorica in the Far East?"

The Prime Minister replied:-

"Yua Sir. I have a very full rucollection of those statements and I will bear them in mind."

The Secretary of State for the Colonies (Ir. Hall)

in ro ly t: :: question by Air Commodore Turvey as to whether he

as in a position to mke a statement concerning the future

of the No Territories in Hong Kong, replied:-

"No Sir."

The Secretary of State for the Colonies (ir. Hall) in reply to a question by jir. Callaghan 28 to His Majesty's Government's intention regarding the future administration of Hong Kong replied:-

"A Military Administration has been established in Hong Kong under the Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Harcourt, and the Chief Civil Affairs Officer, and any of his staff are experienced officers of th prowar civil administration. soon as conditions in the region permit, it is His lajesty's Government's intention to rostore full civil government."

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