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Mr.

Mr.

Anderson 29/11

Hall 29/1

Mr. Sidelothamn 2011 p

Mr.............

Mr.

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. S.

Minister of State

Secretary of State

Your Reference......

DRAFT.

SECRET.

12b Dec. 1950

(for the Hall's signature)

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1. P.Hayman, Esq., Ministray of Defence.

(To 1). Please refer to correspondence

ending with your letter to Morgan

2. R.L.Marris, Esq., Treasury.

3. N.C.C.Trench,Esq., Foreign Office.

(pus of enel to (52)

FURTHER ACTION.

(Flagged_A/(44))

(638)/44

(15)

dated the 5th April, about the

constitutional position in Hong Kong.

(To 2 only) Please refer to

correspondence ending with Moberly's

letter to Kirkness No.IF.16/02 of the

23rd September 1949, about the

proposed new Constitution for Hong Kong.

(To 3 only) Please refer to the

Governor of Hong Kong's despatch No.155

of the 25th August, 1949, a copy of

which was sent to Coates on the

12th October,1949.

2.

(To all) You will remember that

the 1949 proposals recommended the

introduction of the elective principle

and a substantial unofficial majority

in the Legislative Council. The

elections were to be on a communal

basis and the electors had to be British

subjects. As you know the majority

of the Hong Kong population consists of

Chinese and although it was not possible

to estimate how many of these would have

the courage to claim British nationality,

the Hong Kong Secretary for Chinese Affair