CO537-2187 — Page 118

SAVINGRAM

To the Secretary of State for the Colonies.

From the Governor, Hong Kong.

Date

No.

2

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propaganda week in connexion with the movement for the retrocession

of Macao was being arranged, with a press campaign, radio broadcasts,

parades of students, a petition to Nanking and possibly, if the

situation calls for it, the voluntary evacuation of Chinese nationals

from Macao. A still later report said that at the first meeting of

the "Special Committee for the Return of Macao to China" it had been

decided to send a commission to visit Macao and the adjacent district

of Chungshan. A certain Major-General Chu Jen-chih, Deputy Commander

of the Chinese Guerrillas in that area during the war, is reported

to have said that he much regretted that no mention of Macao was

made in the new Sino-Portuguese Treaty. He went on to say that the

question of Macao is connected with the question of Hong Kong; if the

question of Hong Kong is settled that of Macao will follow in due

course and consequently the bigger question cannot be left mattended

to. A United Press despatch from Macao dated 27th April says that a

press campaign for the retrocession of Macao has started in Canton,

(b) Reactions in the Colony to the actions or policy of any foreim

country.

(c) Reactions in the Colony to British foreign policy.

There is nothing of interest to report imder these headings.