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COPY.
House of Commons,
London, S.W.1.
kt. Hon. D.K. Kees-Williams, M.P.,
Parly. Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office,
Church House,
Gt. Smith Street, London, S.#.1.
Dear David,
7 по
16th April, 1949.
Thank you so much for your letter of 14th
April concerning Hong Kong.
2. On the general question of the British retaining Hong Kong, I feel your letter will be reassuring; I feel I should mention that I heard today, however, that one important firm in Hong Kong had been so impressed with the probability of eventual cession that they are buying land and building premises in Malaya in anticipation. Can you inform me whether this tendency has been reported to you?
On the subject of free ingress into Hong Kong, your comment implies that physical difficulties of control rather than deliberate policy is the cause of of existing regulations. Could you elaborate on this please, as I understand all Europeans (including)
British
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