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conditions suggested to be attached to any premature

surrender of the lease of the New Territorie8.

One of

these conditions ie "joint management of that part of the

water supply system which would run beyond the Colony's

new boundary". It is aleo noted that it might be desirable

to stipulate joint control as well as joint management and

to add an understanding about the grant of fecilities to

the Hong Kong Covernment for constructing any fur ther

installations in the New Ter itories (c.g. a new sirfield).

phis Memorandum was revised in April 1947 as a

Coloniel Office document, intended as a Memorandum for the

Debinet pressing for a public statement of our intention to

retain Hong Kong and outlining a policy should the Chinese

sesk discussions about the New Territories (which in 1943

we had promised them to enter into "when victory was won",

should they then desire this). The suggested policy was

that we should be paopared, 17 necesary end as a meximium

to agree to the prematură surrender of the lease of the

((again set out in on

I). Three of theive conditionen) New Territories on conditions/were joint control and

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management of that part of the water-supply system wnich

would run beyond the Colony's new boundary; continued cont ol

of any other important installations in the New Territories,

e. g. the airport if constructed; grant of facilities to the Hong Kong Goverment for constructing any further installation

in the New Territories which might be regarded as necessary

or desirable in the interests of the Colony". (In fact

this Memorandum never went to the Cabinet).

5. All these papers considered the effects on Hong

Kong of a possible premature surrender of the lease of the

New Territories and the conditions which it would be necessary or desirable to attack to such a surrender; and

I have drawn attention to the particular conditions considered which relate to Hong Kong's most important

installations