CO129-602-5 Limits of territorial waters 27-10-1949 - 9-12-1949 — Page 11

OUTWARD TELEGRAM

FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES

53848/49

Cypher (0.T.P.)

TO HONG KONG (Sir A. Grantham)

Sent 4th December 1949.

No. 1769

Secret

00.30 hrs.

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6.

Your telegram No. 11440

Territorial Waters.

Your enquiry has necessitated consideration of the general limits of Hong Kong territorial and national waters which may be claimed in accordance with international usage as opposed to the limits (for the most part wider) shown in the map attached to the 1898 Peking Convention.

possible,

I will telegraph further as soon as

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Foreign Office Admiralty

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Mr. P. D. Coates

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