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中华人民共和国外交部谨就湖广铁路债券案申述如下:(一)一九七九年十一月,美国公民杰克逊等九人在美国阿拉巴马州地方法院对中华人民共和国提起诉讼,要求偿还他们所持有的清政府于一九一一年发行的湖广铁路债券的本息。对此,中国政府曾多次照会美国国务院,提出交涉,申明中国根据国际法,享有主权豁免,不受任何外国法院审判;中国政府对历届反动政府的旧债概不承认,也不承担偿还的义务。但美国法院置中国政府的严正立场于不顾,竟然于一九八二年九月
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China hereby submits the following wording on the Huguang Railway Bonds: (1) In November 1979, nine U.S. citizens, including Jackson, filed a lawsuit in the People’s Republic of China in the District Court of Alabama in the United States and demanded that they be reimbursed The principal and interest of the Huguang Railway Bonds issued by the Qing government in 1911. In response, the Chinese government has repeatedly referred the U.S. State Department to make representations that China should enjoy sovereign immunity under international law and that it will not be tried by any foreign court. The Chinese government will neither recognize nor oblige the old debts of the reactionary government of the past . However, the U.S. court disregarded the solemn stance of the Chinese government and turned out to be September 1982