Any reply to this letter should be addressed to-
THE SECRETARY,
TREABURY,
WHITEHALL, LONDON, S.W. 1, and the following number quoted.
TREASURY CHAMBERS.
30th June, 1925.
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Sir,
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I have laid before the Lords Commissioners
of His Majesty's Tre-sury Sir G. Grindle's letter of the 29th instant enclosing a copy of a telegram received from the Governor of Hong Kong setting out the measures which he considers necessary in order to avert a financial crisis in the Colony.
In reply I am to request you to inform Mr. Secretary Amery that it is important that it should be made clear to the Banks to which the Government of Hong Kong propose to give a guarantee that such guarantee is solely that of the Government of Hong Kong and that in no circumstances can H.M.Government accept any liability, even a contingent liability, thereunder.
Mr.Secretary Amery will no doubt
insist that the assistance afforded by the Colonial Government should be strictly confined to commitmente
in the Colony.
Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office.
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