Cypher to Sur Collac Donald_ Petring
N° 783
124
KO
May 20,98
p
3P
Your tel N°166 [ of May 15, Hong Kong)
Lease should include the whole
Baters
f
ellers Bay
and Deep Bay
of the they
considered necessary for strategical
reasons.
On the other hand, the Southern and
Vestern Boundaries
gwen
in
your
1:0149 of May 4 exceed what is essential. They include moreover the western chaunch.
Canton which might give rise to uestions with other Powers.
is a live
The boundary which we desire to stain, in drafting arrangement, long the meridian of 114.30 E from Mirs Point to the parallel of 22° q' N, along that
arallel to the Western and of tchan and thence to the southern point of antau Island and northward
Wiere
of
along
the
that island to the meridien of 113°52′ that meridian to the parallel
and up
22° 32' N.
These are the boundaries which would satisfy
Admiralty; but the extent to which it is acticable to obtain them is left to your judgment To not allow the negotiations to fall through