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EN CLAIR

No: 75

OUTWARD TELEGRAM

F

30

1040

POLITICAL DISTRIBUTION

FROM FOREIGN OFFICE TO NANKING

27th January 19481

Repeated to Hong Kong-

D.3.30. p.m.27th January 1948

Addressed to Nanking telegram No: 75 of 27th

January repeated to Hong Kong.

My immediately preceding telegram.

Following is text.

"In evicting Chinese residents from the city of Kowloon, the Government of Hong Kong have based their action on grounds of sanitation and fire prevention. On the other hand, the Chinese Government have maintained that, in accordance with treaty provision, China retains jurisdiction over the city of Kowloon.

Having given careful consideration to their respective positions and in view of the incident referred to above, the Chinese and British Governments have agreed upon the following points:

A. The entire area of the city of Kowloon shall be turned into a park to be placed under the charge of the local Office of the Chinese Special Commissioner of Foreign Affairs for Kwangtung and Kwangsi (now in Hong Kong), which shall be located in the park. The Chinese Government shall undertake to settle all valid land claims in the said city.

B. Police, water, electricity, and such other. public utility requirements as may be needed, will be provided at any time by the municipal authorities of the Kowloon leased territory, when so requested by the said Office.

C. The municipal authorities of the Kowloon leased territory shall provide alternative housing accommodations, for those who have been rendered homeless, as the result of the forcible demolition of their dwellings inside the city of Kowloon.

Apart from these points of settlement, there

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