Suggested revise of the penultimate paragraph of the Foreign Office draft note to the Chinese Ambassador.
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The Governor of Hong Kong was kept informed
of the representations made by the Chinese Government
to His Majesty's Ambassador at Nanking and His Majesty's
Government are satisfied that he has taken and will
continue to take those representations into account.
At the same time H.M.G. consider that the Hong Kong
Government were fully justified in deciding to clear
the area of the temporary hutments, which were
the endangering/wellbeing of the community at large.
They also consider that the Hong Kong Government
showed every consideration to the squatters in the
measures taken to evict them, consistent with good
administration and the maintenance of law and order.
In His Majesty's Government's opinion it would be quite
wrong for the Hong Kong Government, on account of the
Jurisdiction issue, to refrain from taking any
administrative measures in respect of Kowloon City,
which are necessary in the interests of the community
as a whole. In their view the jurisdiction issue
must be dealt with separately.
In this connection
His Majesty's Government cannot but feel that the
activities of the "National Times" and those of the
magistrate of Po-On district referred to above
were most regrettable.
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