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Colony, nevertheless continued to advise that in the
interests of good relations with China no embargo
should be placed on the export of munitions to her in
her hour of need. Public sympathy in Hong Kong, as the Colonial Government know well, is uncompromisingly
on the side of China, and for many months past official
and semi-official approaches have been made to Hong
Kong by the Cantonese authorities for the closest
"co-operation". His Majesty's Ambassador at Nanking
has similarly had to deal with this question of
"co-operation" with China, and in his despatch of the 9th of April (flagged 'A' in 53518/37 attached) he
discussed in the marked passages in paragraphs 3 and 9 (paragraph 9 particularly relating to Hong Kong and
Canton) the real intention of the Chinese under this
guise.
In the 0.A.G.'s despatch of the 20th August (No. 1 in this file) here we have the same Colonel Li
Fong, and it is to him that the 0.A.G. "once again
firmly repudiated any idea of a possible alliance
against a common foe". Hong Kong is an island in the
midst of the present disturbances, and its administra-
tion and policy are watched carefully, not only by the
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Chinese, but by the Japanese, whose commercial and naval representatives freely come and go, and whose
intelligence we must assume to be particularly
concentrated there.
We have this project for completing road
connection between the New Territories of Hong Kong and the Chinese province of Kwang Tung. It has been
under discussion for the last 15 years. The frontier
in the area proposed has to be crossed, whether by road or railway, by a bridge, which, with its approaches,
must
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