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INWARD TELEGRAM
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FROM HONG KONG (Sir M. Young)
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TO S. OF S.. COLONIES.
19 SEP 1946
D. 18th September, 1946. R. 18th
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19.15 hrs.
IMMEDIATE
No. 7084 Secret.
Addressed to British Ambassador, Nanking,
Repeated to S. of S.
H.K. No. 39.
Your telegram No. 63 of 17th September
repeated to the Foreign Office.
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Official statement was published here on 15th September to refute inaccurate statements as to the status of Kowloon city, which have been appearing since 6th September in the local and Canton vernacular newspapers, to the effect that area within the city walls of Kowloon city is subject to Chinese jurisdiction and
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that Chinese civil administration will be set up there
in the near future in accordance with Chinese treaty rights.
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Somewhat similar reports published on 29th July
in Hong Kong allied paper to the effect that Chinese
courts of Justice (corrupt group were to be) established in Kowloon had been denied on 31st July by Hong Kong Government press communique and the matter had apparent ly died down.
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After publication of statement 15th September T.W. Kwok came to seem me on the subject on 16th September, and told me that the Chinese Government had actually given orders that Chinese civil administration was to be set up and that he had not communicated this decision to me because he was waiting until the plans for Chinese
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