CO129-609-5 Future policy- Press accounts of Chinese unrest over Kowloon evictions 19-1-1948 - 16-3-1948 — Page 15

No. 8/0 97 (246/1080/48)

Dear China Department,

F3575/154/10

BRITISH EMBASSY,

NANKING,

15

20th February, 1948.

copy for co

RECEIVEL

11 MAR 948

0, 0, REGY

We enclose translations of two articles published in Ta Kung Pao on February 8th and 9th, commenting on reactions in the British press to the Chinese Government's Note on Kowloon.

2.

We feel that there is some justification for the criticisms made in these two articles. The comments of the "Foreign office spokesman", if he is at all correctly reported, seem to have been not very well informed. - Clearly we had no right to expect an apology about Canton in the Chinese reply about Kowloon. And we doubt whether it is really fair to describe the tone of the Chinese reply as "sharp", even though the Note is rather provocative and shows no sigh of regret.

Yours ever,

。

China Department,

Foreign office,

London, 8.W.1.

CHANCERY.