CO129-546-11 Kowloon city- expropriation of Chinese owned land 9-1-1934 - 28-12-1934 — Page 57

F 4337/1099/10

July

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sir A. Cadogan,

PEKING.

Telegram.

[23]

Your telegram No. 473 (of the 10th July;

expropriation of Chinese owners in Kowloon

City).

1. You should if you see no objection

reply to telegram from Minister for Foreign

Affairs to the effect that on enquiry you

find that his telegram was based on a complete

misapprehension of the true facts; the

Governor did not issue any notice setting

a time limit for evacuation but merely

communicated to the inhabitants of Kowloon

City the terms of an extremely generous offer

with a view to carrying out a scheme,

conceived in the interests of the inhabitants

themselves, for improving sanitary conditions.

The Governor was obviously acting entirely

within his rights and no question of breach of

Treaty stipulations can arise. The Winister

for Foreign Affairs has also been misinformed

as to the attitude of the inhabitants of

Kowloon/