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(c)

to proceed with the proposal for

a Garden of Remembrance.

Whichever of these courses is

adopted the question also arises whether

we should not indicate to the Chinese that

we should be agreeable to the question of

jurisdiction being referred to the Inter-

national Court at The Hague.

We feel that we ought to get the

views of the Governor of Hong Kong at this

juncture and, in order to crystallise the

issues, we have prepared the attached draft

telegram, on which we should be very grateful

for your views.