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54228/1
Secretariat Reference:
Extract from Savingram.
No. 1170/47S.
Copy for 54145/10/18
54228/1/48
To Secretary of State for the Colonies. Or.
From the Governor, Hong Kong.
No. 18
SECRET
Dated 13th March, 1948.
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Negotiations continue between H. M. Government and the Chinese Government for a settlement of the Kowloon City question. Local opinion generally is puzzled by the absence of any announce- ment foreshadowing a settlement.
2. The two men arrested and sentenced in January for resisting the police when the squatters in Kowloon City were ejected are due for release from gaol on March 13th. There are indications that they may be feted on their release, and that the occasion will be utilised to revive moral and financial support for the squatters who still remain encamped in the area.
3. The more responsible sections of the Hong Kong press have ceased to play up the Kowloon City case, but it is not forgotten, and the "Kowloon City Residents Association" is doing its best to keep the question before the public eye, both in Hong Kong and Canton. Two delegates recently visited Canton to seek financial help and rice from the Kwangtung Provincial authorities.
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