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HUNG KUNG

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Colonial Office,

Church House,

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4September, 1947.

OVERMOR

sir,

Knod. (5) on '48 file.

Activities of the Kuomintang

in Hong Kong

In his Top Secret despatch No.13 of the 17th April, 1947, on the subject of the policy to be adopted by the Hong Kong Government towards the activities of the Kuomintang in the Colony, Sir Mark Young expressed the view that no real advantage would be gained by secking to persuade the Chinese Government to post to the Headship of the Kuomintang Branch in Hong Kong a person who would work in a proper rel-tionship of subordination to the diplomatic representative of that Government in Hong Kong; and that in these circumstances, whilst no means should be neglected of countering the activities of the Fuomintang in Hong Kong by such a học measures as might be nossible, the only really satisfactory course would be to adopt es a long-term objective the expulsion of the kuomintang from the Colony. Bir Mark Young therefore propceed that the Hong Kong Government should concentrate upon the task or collecting evidence with a view to the expulsion of the organisation when the case against them is complete or on emergency demands that 81ch a step be taken. auch

2. 3ir Mark Young's recommendations have been carefully studied in conjunction with the Foreign

SIR ALEXANDER GRANTHAM,K.Ü.4.G.

etc., etc., etc.

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