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No.181 to the Foreign Office except that in (a) I would delste

(૩) " and after "compensation" insert "if any" Word "all would almost seem to conflict with paragraph 3 of my telegram do.147 that normal administrative functions in the aroa should be with this Goverment › Perhaps the two might be combined.

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Squatters estimate their claims for compensation at

I the fantastic figure of #1,387,300 (Hong Kong). understand that this claim has been forwarded to Kwok,

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Suggestion of Chinese Government in paragraph 2 (1) of Ambassador's tolegrem No.181 that the Garden should commemorate Allied victory is also objectionable. It would almost certainly lead to undesirable celebrations and

Garden should commemorate Allied dead.

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