him that he will be kept au fait with the gist of any
future conclusions arrived at by the C.i.b., which we
think he ought to know.
this case./
I am not at all sure that he wasn't told in
He has, I knoı, been kept fully informed
of what has been decided from time to time by the
Cabinet: but the trouble appears to me to be that he thinks in his capacity as Governor of Hong Kong he is also responsible for the control of all the naval, military and air forces in South China as well as shaping our policy there!
Yano
Cour
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Sir,
HONGKONG.
25th October, 1926.
With reference to my secret telegrams
of the 20th September and the 8th and 9th October,
1926, Rear-Admiral A.J.B. Stirling has furnished me with a copy of a secret report, dated 19th
October, which he has addressed to the Naval Com-
mander-in-Chief, China Station, and I forward
herewith an extract of that portion of it which
discusses the coercive measures recommended for
adoption in the event of anti-British manifesta-
tions in Kuang-tung province necessitating armed
intervention.
2.
Foreign Office telegram No. 269 to His
Majesty's Minister at Peking was repeated to me
on the 16th September, and in it I saw that the
Committee of Imperial Defence had in March last
carefully considered plans for dealing with any emergency which might arise at Hong Kong or else- where, as a result of the disturbed conditions at
Canton, and had arrived at certain conclusions.
I at once inquired both of the General Officer
corranding
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.Q.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,
&0..
&c.,
&C.