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at any time they wish to do so. There are

three possible arguments in favour of this

course. Firstly, it should reduce occasions

for the active exercise of jurisdiction.

Secondly, it would make it more difficult than

ever for the Chinese to maintain that the

jurisdiction issue is of practical importance.

Finally, the case for a Garden of Remembrance

on grounds of sentiment is in no way affected

by its failure as a solution of the Walled

City problem.

7. It would be useful if in commenting on

this alternative, and also the Park proposal,

• you could give some idea of the probable cost

in each case.

'8. It would of course be necessary to

consider how the above points should be put

to the Chinese. It may be preferable to

put the indication concerning the International

Court before our proposals for dealing with

the area in the meantime, prefacing both

points with an intimation that our proposal

for Garden of Remembrance with joint trustees

went as far as we felt we could go in the

direction of meeting the Chinese.

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