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The Bastern Extension Australasia and China
Telegraph Company, Limited,
Bectra House, Moorgate,
London, B.C.2.
22nd September, 1927.
Dear Mr. Mounsey,
Referring to my letter of the 12th July last I
beg to inform you that on the 6th instant this Company's
Buperintendent at Hongkong wired me as follows: «
"Governor has decided to no longer permit Chinese
officials whether representative of Peking or Canton
to have charge of Chinese Administration 'Telegraph
Office owing continual friction between North and South
Governments over the management of this office: and he
is desirous that Companies should take over the charge
of Chinese Telegraph Office in Hongkong at the earliest
possible date, with a working agreement with the Canton
Government and he would be prepared to render all
assistance possible in negotiations with the Canton
Goverment. Failing such agreement the Hongkong Govern-
ment were considering the closing of the said Telegraph
Office and the working with Canton only by wireless only
for time being.
To which I replied that:-
"If the Governor would take the necessary steps to
close the Administration's Office either as temporary
or permanent measure, the Telegraph Companies will be
prepared to undertake the working pending agreement
with the Canton Goverment.'
To this I received yesterday the following reply :-
*Governor
G.A. Mounsey, Esq., C.M.G., O.B.E.,
Foreign Office, 8.W.1.
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