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FIDENTIAL.
Hongkong.
My Lord,
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Rece 8 AUG 10
Government House,
355
Hongkong, 9th. July, 1910.
With reference to my Confidential
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Despatch of the 23rd. ultimo, I have the honour to transmit
the enclosed minutes of a conversation held on the 5th.
instant by Mr. E. S. Lindsey and Mr. C. Clementi with Mr.
Wei Han concerning the proposed Working Agreement for the
Canton-Kowloon Railway.
2.
Your Lordship will observe that
under instructions from the Board of Communications at
Peking Mr. Wei Han professes himself unable to negotiate
on the basis of any form of joint management. I am having
prepared a Memorandum to send to His Majesty's Chargé
d'Affaires which will enable him to press the arguments
of this Government for joint management on the Board of
Communications and I shall send Your Lordship a copy of
what I write to Mr. MaxHuller.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE EARL OF CREWE,
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In the meantime I telegraphed to
Your
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