68/26.
Paraphrase telegram from the Secretary of State for the Colonies to the Governor of Hong Kong.
Sent 2.28 p.m.16th January, 1926.
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15.1.26.
rett Grindle
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Copy #019 Jan 26
Sir R.Macleay is being asked to repeat to you the telegraphic instructions which he has received in the following Dense.
The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs is anxioue to come to some arrangement which would facilitate the interchange of information between His Majesty's Minister, Peking His Majesty's Consul General Canton and yourself. Mr.O'Malley who has recently been appointed Counsellor to His Majesty's Legation Peking will arrive at Hong Kong on the 20th and hisvisit would seem to provide a good opportunity for discussing the question and also for reaching an agreed view as to the policy which should be
adopted towards Canton.
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copying letter to F.0.below.
AMERY.