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I am etc. to refer to the lans before the Nimeator of Defence correspondence, beginning with the letter

from this Department of the 30th April,

1934 on the subject of the exercise of

Chinese jurisdiction in Kowloon City, and

to transmit, for case of referenee, a

brief historical note on this subject

2.

In 1934 the (to 1) Lords Commissioners

of the Admiralty

and the war office

Couneil (do 27 Army Gounes]

to 3) other service

Departments.

(expressed the view that the exercise

of Chinese jurisdiction in Kowloon City

would be inconsistent with the military

requirements for the defence of Hong Kong

and later, in 1937, in the course of

negotiations with the Chinese Government,

this view was in fact conveyed orally to

the Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs

by His Majesty's Ambassador in Nanking.

3.

The Chinese claim to jurisdiction

in Kowloon City has again been

ventilated following recent incidents

there