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INWARD TELEGRAM

TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES

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Address fu

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mbassador, Nanking, No.62,

hy any ingra to Canten.

Kowloce hity,

A lire of arg.ment v teh we do not appear to have utilized to our advantage is the fact that eviction of residents from Howloaz 01ty in 1956/1937 was successfully carried out and appears to Lave been accepted by the Chinese Government of that the North China Daily News early in February carried a report stating inter alia that Dr. Philip Tyau, who was Special Commissioner For Foreign Affairs 1936-41 "took up the Kowloon City issue with the Hong Kong Government through the British Consul Gereral at Canton during 1936/1937. voen compensation was paid, louna to Kowloon City resideme end alternative sites in * Hunghom were given then'

2. Keither we nor Canton have any records, and I should, úberefore, be grateful if correspondecco of that time could be looked up to ascertain to ment accepted that solution, be more difficult for them to of the present Squatters, who liberation,

what extent the Chinese Governe If they did accept, it should take a strong line in suppart nearly all came in since the

← Confirmation received 16th March.

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MED JA A SZALINA AG BIGAGROMALAINE C

Mr. A. L. Scott.