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custody for safety's sake since a previous nominee of the Peking Government in charge of the Hong Kong Office was seized by the Canton Authorities while on a visit
to Canton and informed that he would not be released
unless he handed over the seal of his office to the
Canton Government.
A possible alternative course, to which the Hong Kong Government will raise no objection, would be that the control of the Chinese Telegraph Office in
Hong Kong should be handed over by your Department to the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company in whose building
the Office is situated.
The settlement of this matter is long overdue
and a decision will have to be taken as soon as I return
to Hong Kong in the early days of next month.
I am, etc.,
(Sd.) C. Clementi.
Mr. Chiang Tsun-wei,
Department of Telegraphs,
Ministry of Communications,
PEKING.