(F 6528/93/10)
RECEIVED
*-8 AUG 1927
COL.OFFICE
22
66
FOREIGN OFFICE, S.W.1.
3rd August, 1927.
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Dean Bevin
With reference to Mr. Ormsby-Gore's letter to
Sir Austen Chamberlain of July 26th, I enclose copies of
telegraphic correspondence with Peking about the Boxer
Indemnity subsequent to our telegram No. 57 of the 23rd
May. All of these telegrams were sent to the Colonial
Office at the time. I also enclose a memorandum on
the present position drawn up under Lord Buxton's
directions for the information of the Advisory Committee;
this explains exactly what the position is up to date.
It is really no use for the Governor of Hongkong
to continue to ask us for money, which, as he must know
quite well, we are not free to give him in present
circumstances. His proposals would require a reversal
of our present policy, a new Act of Parliament and
almost certainly the resignation of the present
The Private Secretary to
The Honourable
W.G.A. Ormsby-Gore, M.P.
Advisory