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Pt II

PART II.

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MEMORANDUM LEFT BY THE CHINESE EMBASSY

AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE ON 28TH APRIL 1948.

Both

The Government of the Republic of China and His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom have been considering an

amicable and reasonable settlement of the controversy which has

recently arisen in connection with the City of Kowloon,

Governments, having throughout maintained their claims in good

faith, consider that the issue does not warrant a dispute

between two peace-loving peoples with a long standing

tradition of friendship.

with this in view the two Governments have mutually

agreed that the area in which the City of Kowloon is situated

shou be converted into a garden of remembrance, to be

called the Chung Shan Park and to be dedicated to the

sacred memory of the Chinese and British nationals who lost

their lives in the common cause against the Japanese

aggression. It has now also been agreed that the safe-keeping

and administ ation of this garden of remembrance should be

entrusted, under rules to be mutually agreed, to two trustees

to be appointed respectively by the Provincial Government

of Kwangtung and the British authorities in the leased

territory of Kowloon, and that the Chinese trustee should

have an office in the garden.

It is hoped that the inspiration of this sacred

trust will ensure its undisturbed peace and tranquillity

and that the spirit of remembrance to which the garden is

dedicated will be perpetuated.

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