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obnoxious.

This objective would be the eventual expulsion

of the Kuomintang from a territory in which their advantage

too palpably lies in promoting trouble: a territory, moreover,

whose relative good order and prosperity constitutes by

comparison a standing reproach to their own competence.

8.

I am well aware of the difficulties inherent in a

policy of this nature. It will entail a period of most careful

preparation to assemble a case upon which drastic action may

confident ly be based: and in the interim this administration

will without doubt continue to be subjected to a succession of

annoyances of greater or less importance. But I believe that

in the end such a case could be assembled and resolutely used

to remove the Kuomintang from Hong Kong.

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9. The Defence Security Officer and the Director of the

Special Branch are giving particular attention to Kuomintang

activities and keeping me informed of developments. The

Police are in possession of reasonably complete dossiers of

the persons at the focal points of the Kuomintang infiltration

and in an emergency I would find no insuperable difficulty in

certain circumstances in directing the seizure and expulsion

of a great number of these agents.

10. In these di rcumstances, while I shall neglect no

means of countering, limiting and if possible halting the

activities of the Kuomintang in Hong Kong by such ad hoc

measures as are possible, I would propose to concentrate upon

the business of collecting evidence with the end in view that,

when the case is complete (or when an emergency demands it)

the organisation shall be expelled from the Colony.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient, humble servant,

Mark Young.

Governor