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Canton No. 52
Peking No.14
Singapore.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONG KONG. 21st March, 1929.
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Sir,
IH
With reference to paragraphs 2 to 6 of
my Secret Despatch of the 15th March, 1929, I
have the honour to inform you that, shortly after
lunch today I received a telephone message from
General Chan Hing-wan, who is Commandant of the
Bocca Tigris forts, asking to be allowed to see me
personally on a very urgent matter. I agreed,
and within a few minutes General Chan arrived at
Government House.
He can speak a little English,
but he begged to be allowed to speak to me in
Chinese, in view of the importance of the
communication which he had to make. We, therefore,
conversed tête-à-tête in Cantonese.
2. He first presented to me a letter, of
which I attach a translation, from General Tang
Shai-tseng, who is acting as Commander-in-Chief of
the troops in Kuangtung and Kwangsi during the
absence of Marshal Li Chai-sum. This letter, as
you will see, states that General Tang had specially
deputed
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,
&C.,
&c.,
&c.