BRITISH GOING IN
CAPITULATION BY ENEMY LONDON, Aug. 23. Arrangements are being made for a British commander to receive the surrender at Hongkong, said the Prime Minister, Mr. Attlee, in the I-louse of Commons in reply to a question by Mr. Churchill. The House cheered when Mr. Attlee added that plans for the re-establish-ment of the British administration in Hongkong were fully prepared. Mr. Churchill said: “May I presume that you recall that on numerous occasions, particularly at the Cairo conference in 1943, the Government made it plain that it had not contemplated any modification in the sovereignty of His Majesty’s territories in the Far East.” Mr. Attlee said: “I fully recollect the statements and will bear them in mind.’’ The Press Association’s diplomatic correspondent says the Hongkong area is in the sphere of the Chinese military operations, but the British Government feels it is its paramount responsibility to care for the population in its own territory. Dr. T, V. Soong, who is flying to London early next week, has not given notice that he is raising the question of Hongkong.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21801, 25 August 1945, Page 5
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