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the opportunity to retake Kweichow province from the It is alleged that the Kwangsi leaders
Yunnanese.
hope that, with the co-operation of Yunnan and Kweichow and the possible return of General Lui to their side, they may be able to renew the struggle.
3. The Eastern army, formerly under the command of General Tsui King-t'ong, is according to recent reports completely disarmed and scattered, with the exception of a small body of men, under the notorious bandit leader Yün Ha-kau, who were recently recruited into the regular army and have now returned to their old profession of banditry.
4.
General Tsui King-t'ong is still in
Hong Kong and I took the opportunity of a visit to Hong Kong by General Chan Ming-shu to explain to him the position with regard to the Kwangsi Generals who took refuge in this Colony. General Chan Ming-shü, accompanied by General Chan Chai-t'ong, Commander in Chief of the Cantonese Army, Mr. Lam Wan-k'oi, Mayor of Canton, and Mr. Chu Ch'ang-men of the Nanking Foreign Office, had come to Hong Kong ostensibly to persuade Tang Chak-yü, an old and highly respected member of the Kuomintang, now resident in Kowloon, to accept the charge of the Bureau of Reconstruction
At their own (Public Works Department) at Canton.
request I invited them to call informally at Government House on July 16th and I attach a brief
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report of what was said on that occasion.
5.