CO129-559-2 Defences (Firing Areas) Ordinance 1936 5-2-1936 - 8-7-1936 — Page 13

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THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE,

FOREIGN OFFICE.

Fr. Gov. 5th Feb. No. 71 & encs.

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FURTHER ACTION.

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I am etc., to transmit to

you, for the consideration of

Mr. Secretary Eden, a copy of a despatch

from the Governor of Hong Kong,

transmitting a local Ordinance entitled

"The Defences (Firing Areas) Ordinance,

1936".

It is understood that a copy

of the Admiralty letter to this

Department of the 28th of April,

regarding of

the's

No. M.1138/36, in respect of

Ordinance has been transmitted to the

Foreign Office. Apart from the apparent

inclusion of Chinese territorial waters

within certain of the Firing Areas

specified, Mr. Ormsby-Gore is advised

that the Ordinance is open to objection

on the ground that it includes

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provisions to operate extra territorially

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