CO129-560-17 Kowloon- expropriation of Chinese property 6-1-1937 - 4-9-1937 — Page 108

TRANSLATION.

G.W.C.4/12/1936.

MEMORANDUM.

Enclosure No.5.

From

WAI CHIAO PU

ΤΟ

H.M. EMBASSY, NANKING.

26th November, 1936. (Received 4th December, 1936.)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs had the honour

in connection with the enforced removal by the Government

of Hong Kong of residents of Kowloon city, to address a Note to His Majesty's Embassy on the 26th October last requesting that the Hong Kong authorities be urged to

cancel or suspend the original decision for the residents'

removal, as is on record.

The Ministry have now the honour to inform His Majesty's Embassy that they have received the following

further telegram from the Ministry's Special Delegate

stationed in Kwangtung and Kwangsi:-

"According to an oral report made by the

representatives of the residents of Kowloon City,

the Government of Hong Kong is again forcing the

residents to accept removal indemnities, and has

designated the close of this year as the time-limit

within which removal is to be completed, and the

residents request that the matter be taken up (with

the British authorities) without delay and brought

to a stop.

I have approached His Majesty's Consul-

General at Canton and asked him to request the

Government of Hong Kong to desist from its action,

and I have accordingly the honour to report to the

above effect".