In any further communication
on this subject, please quote
No.
und addres
37145/13.
The Under-Secretary of State,
Foreign Office,
London
Sir: -
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FOREIGN OFFICE
August 16
562
1913.
for
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I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of the 9th. instant proposing to
inform the Governor of Hongkong that the use of official
channels for the transmission of messages of a political
character from Chinese resident in the Colony to the Chinese
Government is inadmissible.
Sir E. Grey concurs in this proposal and concludes
from this letter that Mr. Harcourt also concurs in the
ZO. 27439
instructions to His Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Peking
proposed in letter No.34626 of the 8th. instant from this
Department.
Mr. Alston will therefore be informed that Sir E.
Grey adheres to his previous decision that His Majesty's
Legation at Peking must not be used as a channel for the
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
communication