CO129-552-8 Kowloon city- expropriation of Chinese property 2-1-1935 - 1-8-1935 — Page 22

In any

further communication

on this subject, please quote

0.

F 4802/4264/10.

and address-

not to any person by name

but to-

The Under-Secretary of State,”

Foreign Office,

London, S. W.1.

ما

Sir,

RECEIVED

2-AUG 1935

FOREIGN OFFICE.

S.N.1.

C. O. RTM

1st August, 1935.

With reference to Colonial Office letter

No.53552/35 of the 24th July regarding the proposed

eviction of Chinese from the "walled city" of

Kowloon, I am directed by Secretary Sir Samuel

Hoare to state that he concurs in the attitude

which Mr. Secretary MacDonald proposes to adopt

towards the question of the recalcitrant owners.

2. In this connexion I am directed to

enclose for Mr. MacDonald's information copies

of a telegram received from His Majesty's

Ambassador at Peking on this subject and of the

reply which has been sent to Sir Alexander Cadogan.

I am,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

Alvar Jaresigne

The Under-Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

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