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I fully appreciate the extreme embarrassment which the activities or the i uomintang have ocus Di, and are continuing to create, fur the Hong Kong Government, and the dangers which those retivities represent to good goverment in the lolony •nd 1 grontly regret that the attention of the Hong Kong Administration should be distracted in this cey. Nevertheless, 1 have o me to the o nelurion that, for the present and until it is possible to sce more elec∙ly how the Chinese Intern:4 sit etion is likely to Develop, the Hong KoAM Slovarmant should confirm itsdif to surveillance of the activities of the zu winteng and to counteriry thoac nctivitise by nuch så hos mere.703 da Dy be possible, inclwiing thoro uteenm ry the equlsion of individuel mexpers o the organtwotion wheat octivities are oienriy detrimentsit the mintunenge

t th some time, of lew cat order in the I entirely give that the Sony

ovenient should, is recommended in parense) 1 of Ar Nork Young'e despetch no.13 of the 17th pril, 197, concentrate upon the task of collecting eviṇonce eguinat the ⠀ uomintang, es an organisation. so that

clear ende you may be in position to establish for banning the organisation sitogether from the Molony, should the circumstances forcah: dovod in persgrach 3 above materialise, and should you consider, with due regard to the possible repereusais on the relations of long ong with the provinces of Kwongtung and Ewangel, that the opportune moment had arrived for taking such action.

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5. I shall be glad, therefore, if you will guide yourself by the viene expressed in the preceding paragraph, and if you will repórt further to me on

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