CO129-588-23 China- British extra-territorial rights- negotiations with China 28-3-1942 - 27-11-1942 — Page 11

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3) The possibility of the "leased terminis" of Hong Kong by the reaction of extratimitinal rights.

These Chintans

leas

by

were transferred

4

the Convention of Peking (9/6/1898).

The convention is not explent

Sovereignty the leand

of the

Great

Wh

arla

covered

99 year's

on to whether

full Do the Jr spentes

also Transfered.

Com

"British Territory of

Butam having sok jurischestun

at is w

except for the Chimère officects exoeing clubed jurisdiction in

Kowloon city. ( a walled vellege now absorbed in the newly developed Korswoon)

The Chinese extention according to Sir John Brenan

would be that

Sovereignity and

a lease did not transfer

в

thank there fore

Therefore there distancing between British holding of

and es.

Что

the consensin at Carlin!

is

19

no that

The New Tentonés

a pon't which will

новор

Cins

out in

for

an agreement

is a tum

the "bargaining" largely depender

reganda

HK as

a

and

deansing for en porture posting a

a white (me 55104/42). It would

certainly be immortal to

who-

that the consi

New Territories and oppose be at the

ready

t

give up Hangkas entirely.

янк

hand the possession of

would be virtually impossible.

Jame time

On the Sher

work out the New Kentoin

Sir John Brenan tells

he

That the US,

wice Iveret their chrapt to the Clues tomow at Washington. We cannot act wit

the comments

have

and so

Are Autralia & S.

8. Cupca a drift

wone be

permble

will tell the Chinese that a

submitted then at Chungking in the lives

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ann nou in

the US. drags.

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