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In (18) the F.O. has suggested that although the extent of

temitorial unters

is shown

by the sinuous line

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этому

syucunt a conect interpretation of the 1898 Comvention, this will be difficult to maintain

so long as the 1911 Ord remains unamended. They go onto suggest that for the legal point of

new it is important that amended.

Ord should come into force before we become involved

in

any controversy with the Chinese, & that police patrolling in the 5. W. ana should

not be extended until the Ord has been bought into force.

I now understand that the Shattock is concerned less

we take at this stage (i

new

-

action

any

of the Korean icturation & American actor

Formosa ) inther to extend police potrols

te amoded Ord

a

bring its operation

get

will to regarded by the C.P. fout

another unfriendly act.

wishes to discus with

The Admiralty

• possible. I

you.

It is this aspect which the Shattock

are in faumes of the control becop extended as early

agne

outh the gar

feel that

ету

acter taken in H. Kop

on this ime is hardly likely to affect the C.P. fort'; attitude towards

H. Kong. On the other hand the sooner we extend control

aces the better,

the better, expecially

Cheven nual forces

His arra,

Mr. Hall.

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mer

there

we shall then be able to keep the

a little putter away for H. Kory temitry in

Walhall

12/9

I have spoken to Mr. Shattock this morning. His feel- ing is, and it is one in which I think I agree also, that our best course would be to keby the

the various possibilities

of Hong Kong, e.g.

(a) the risks of an incident occurring without

having legislative backing to support us;

(b) whether, having regard to recent events in

Korea, the enactment of legislation now would be likely to land us in greater difficulties with Communist China, than if patrolling went on and a possible incident occurred without such legislation;

/(c)