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EXTRACT OF SAVINGRAM FROM GOVERNOR, HONGKONG
DATED 2nd APRIL, 1948, No. 22 SECRET
The two Chinese sentenced to imprisonment in January for resisting the Police during the Kowloon City eviction were released on March 13th. Some welcoming demonstrations had been planned in Kowloon City but wiser counsels prevailed largely as a result of restraining influence by Mr. T.W. Kwok, Special Commissioner for Foreign Affairs
The and Dr. T.V. Soong, Governor of Kwangtung. two men have now gone to Canton to try to enlist further sympathy and financial assistance and it is hoped that Dr. Soong will find means to persuade them to stay there, where they will be less likely to provoke trouble.
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