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In any further communication
1 this subject, please quote
No.
T 7594/1297/373.
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not to any person by name,
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"The Under-Secretary of State,"
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Foreign Office,
London, B.W.1.
Sir,
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FOREIGN OFFICE.
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With reference to your letter No. 33453/25 of the
27th July, respecting the appointment of Mr. H.C. Anderson
as assistant Customs attaché to the United States Consul-
General at Hong Kong, I am directed by Mr. Secretary
Chamberlain to state that in his opinion the same objectiona
would apply to this appointment as in the case of the proposed
"Customs attachée" to the United States Embassy in London,
who were the subject of the note addressed to the United
States Ambassador on the 1st July, of which a copy was
enclosed in Foreign Office letter (A 3120/184/45) of the 11th
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July.
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2. In the circumstances Mr. Chamberlain suggests that
the Governor of Hong Kong should inform the United States
Congul-General that the activities of these United States
officials has formed the subject of correspondence between
His Majesty's Government and the United States Government,
that in the circumstances he regrets the necessity of with-
drawing the provisional recognition hitherto accorded to this
officer.
and
3. In order to prevent the possibility of a similar
occurrence, the Secretary of State further suggests, for Mr. Amery's consideration, that the officers administering the
governments of all colonies, protectorates and mandated
territories/
• Under Secretary of State,
Bags
Colonial Office.
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