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Secretary of State.

FOR THE CONCURRENCE OF

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THE FOREIGN OFFICE.

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Repeated British Ambassador, Nanking,

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GOVERNOR,

HONG KONG,

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the absence of any evidence to implicate

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FURTHER ACTION.

Kowloon Incident.

1. Proposals in paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 Your tecewain No. 67

for seizing present opportunity to take

initiative with Chinese Government have

been very carefully considered here and

the following conclusions reached:-

(a) that assurances which have been

given by Chinese Minister for

Foreign Affairs, in response to our

Ambassador's representations, that

instructions were to be sent to

"National Times" to maintain "an

unprovocative attitude" should be

accepted, and that the paper should

be judged on its future behaviour

and no further action taken at the

moment:

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their

(b) that we cannot request withdrawal

hive

Kuomintang and the Sari Min Chu

particularly

I Youth Corps while refugee

personalities and organisations

within the Colony opposed to the

Chinese Government are free to

continue their activities:

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