Far East Left P
Home Office,
Whitehall,
S.W.1.
1st April, 1927.
10.
87
My dear Wilson,
You will remember my speaking to you at the
end of last year about the case of Nemazee of Hong Kong.
I was under the impression that you were going to look
into the matter and have a word with me again.
I understand, however, that the wise young men of the
Colonial Office and the Foreign Office have put their
heads together and have come to the conclusion that
Sir Malcolm Delevingne and I were wrong in the views
that we ventured to express. The instructions to be
given to the Government of Hong Kong are of course a
matter for you and if you decide to throw your mantle
once more over Nemazee and hope for the best, I shall
have nothing further to say. The Colonial Office
must realise, however, that the risk of a scandal is
not negligible; letting loose this man, with his
wealth, his experience and his connections throughout
the Middle and Far East is likely to prove a most
serious hindrance to the international control of the
illicit traffic in the Far East, and recent transactions