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REC
22.9
Ger- this is in effect
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Acceptance under protect of the
Cancellatio
G.G. 22.9.20
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Telephone. Avenue 8100.
HERBERT SMITH,
Sollcltor.
HS/KAS.
The gearetary, Colonial Office, Whitehall, 8.W. 1.
Bir,
60. Mark Lane,
London, B.C.3.
14th September, 1920.
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45919
REC
567
With reference to your letter 4868/19 bât de até 201
inst., stating that the Governor of Hong Kong "cannot accept
the statements made by the promoters as to the position of
affairs as correctly representing the facte", I have to say
that the strongest possible exception is taken to this allega-
tion, and to request that the Governor will state exactly in
what respect, he considers this to be the oase. This is on
a par with the Hong Kong Government's previous action when,
without a word of explanation, they objected to the National
Electric Construction Company and thereby jeopardised the
success of the promoters' arrangements.
The following se-
A.
que noe of the Hong Kong Government's actions, is instructive:
During the war they put pressure on the promoters to carry
out the then impossible task of financing and constructing
the new line.
Б.
Immediately after the Armistice when the promotere were
rapidly moving forward, the Hong Kong Government tele-
graphed that they should be warned not to proceed,