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CO537 Colonial Confidential Records 理藩院機密檔案 All

"I should like to put forward as emphatically as possible my own private view that whatever is done to reform British Colonial Government and what ever reservations Imperial Staff may wish to make in connection with problema of Pacific defehce Hong Kong will have to go back to China, and the sooner is made clear to all concerned the better.

that this

"... the general interest of world peace would best

be served by a speedy announcement of Britain's intention to return Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty; and the working out of practical policies to this effect."

Trade Union · Adviser:

Constitution:

A telegram has been received from the Governor of Hong Kong to-day agreeing to the appointment of Mr. Ken Baker.

I have sent the Secretary of State's

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