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one

day

deal

Sir Georga hross said to me that he had been thinking a good about Hongkong, the asked if he might put his ideas on paper & send them to

me.

I said, certainly he might. Ther

is the result.

Also it is rather a

It is much too long.

queer

mixture

of

a

Kiplingerque idealised imperialism & realisme It hails down to this, that we will not gain any gratitute from the Chiners by promise to rehneen Stougkong, that we ought to reserve all our

rights reefure all international dercussion

nouncements until the problem

zeey

fuo.

can be

- weighed in the perspective of post-war conditions. Meantine

should make a

mce

the

close study of problem in all its aspects with the Dominions, & also (page Kipling!) have faith ourselves, & cultivate it in foreign

nations that "Under God the British Commoon.

Rations is the Greatest Power an

wealth

Earth for

tess

of

Good"

Put in this

hut in somewhat

way,

lyrical language mon views are mis

what I take to be the severally

for tho

heathro

accepted official British news.

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