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COL, OFFIC
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NO SECRET.
Copies to:
Canton No. 283.
Peking No.67
No 1
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Sir,
HONGKONG,
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
30th July, 1927.
With reference to my telegram of the 27th April regarding the Arms Embargo, I have the honour to transmit for your information a short additional memorandum of the interview
between the Chinese unofficial members of the
Legislative Council and Mr. Lam Ting-po (✯✯), the Mayor of Wuchow, a detailed report of which was enclosed in my secret despatch of yesterday.
There is much force in Mr. Lam's re-
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mark that "when it comes to a question of life and death for Hong Kong cannot exist without Kwongtung it would be more than folly merely to talk of principles without taking action for self-defence!
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
I have the honour to be,
Sir.
Your most obedient, humble servant
LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,
&C
&c.,
&c.
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Governor, &c.