CO129-556-15 Kowloon city- expropriation of Chinese property 22-6-1936 - 22-12-1936 — Page 31

COPY.

No.103.

Enclosure No.1.

Copies to:

Peking No.135. (and 3 copies)

Diplomatic Mission No.109 Commerical Counsellor No.97.

H.B.M. Consulate-General,

CANTON

21st October, 1936.

Sir,

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1

With reference to your Secret despatch of the

22nd June, 1936, addressed to the Secretary of State for

the Colonies and to previous correspondence on the subject of

Kowloon City, I have the honour to forward here with copy and

translation of a letter which I have received from Dr. Philip

K.C. Tyau, Special Delegate for Foreign Affairs, in which he requests that, in order to promote friendly relations, the

Hong Kong Government should abandon its proposal to remove

certain residents of Kowloon City on the ground that they are

unwilling to move elsewhere.

2.

The Special Delegate also asks that he may be

informed regarding the original motive of the Hong Kong

Government in ordering the removal of the residents and

the manner in which the Kowloon City district is to be

utilised. I am further requested to transmit his letter

to the Hong Kong Government and to obtain the favour of a

reply.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your Excellency's most obedient, humble servant,

sd. HERBERT PHILLIPS

Consul-General.

His Excellency

Sir Andrew Caldecott, Kt., C.M.G., C.B.E.

Governor,

HONG KONG.