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not to any person by name,
The Under-Secretary of State,”
Foreign Office,
London, S.W.L.
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FOREIGN OFFICE,"
November 18th,1919.
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With reference to a telegram received at the Colonial
Office on November 15th, from the Governor of Hongkong
and communicated the same evening to this Department, in
which His Excellency enquires what attitude he is to
adopt in case an appeal for help is made to him by the
Governor of Macao against possible aggressive action on
the part of the Chinese, I am directed by Earl Curzon of
Kedleston to state for the information of Lord Milner
that no communication has been received from the Portuguese Government on the subject nor from His Majesty's
Minister in Pekin.
Lord Curzon is accordingly repeating the Governor's telegram to Sir J. Jordan and calling for a report on the question at issue and the likelihood of difficulty
arising.
His Lordship can only suppose that the "promise of possible/
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial office.