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should, during his visit on October 1st and 2nd to Canton, speak to Admiral Chen Chak, and (b) that I might do the same to General Wu Te-chen, on the following lines:-
The Hong Kong Administration have been somewhat embarrassed by the activities of Mr. Sum Chit-son and Mr. Chiu Tsung-mao whose positions as Kuomintang Representative and Representative of the San Min Chu I Youth respectively have not been notified to them. The Administration feel that the correct procedure will be for them to deal in matters affecting Chinese affairs with the official Representative of the Chinese Government: that official has not yet shown up and they do not wish to commit him before he arrives in any direction.
They believe that Messrs. Sum and Chin are in fact what they claim to be but do not see that they can give them any official recognition; and they wish to establish their relations in accordance with normal international procedure. It would therefore be appreciated if these two gentlemen could be instructed not to take too public. a stand for the time being.
If you concur, I would propose to speak accordingly to General Wu: and to inform the Waichiaopu in general and T. W. Kwok in particular that the sooner the "Liaison Officer" gets to Hong Kong the better.
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