No. 90 (and 1 copy)
Mr. Moss to Sir Miles Lampson.
Copies to:-F.0. No.35
Hongkong No.205
H.B.M. Consulate General,
Canton.
29th July, 1929.
Shanghai.
sir,
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With reference to my despatch No. 83 of the 9th
instant on the subject of Mr. L.K. Kentwell, I have the
honour to report that Mr. Kentwell writing on the subject
of Weihaiwei ander his Chinese name "Kan Teh-yun" in the
issue of July 27th of his weekly publication "The China
Truth" ended with the following two paragraphs about
Hongkong and the New Territories of Kowloon:-
"The Chinese people have no desire to embarrass the
Labor Government by demanding the retrocession of
Hongkong at the present stage of the game. In fact
its retrocession may be postponed. If this important
seaport were to be handed oaok to China today, it
would no doubt create a very awkward situation for
the British nation.
It would surely dislocate British shipping through-
out the world, and might intensify the problem of un-
employment in England. The Chinese nation is quite
prepared to give the Macdonald Government every
opportunity to make good the promises given to China
by its predecessor - the Baldwin Government, and
would remain quite content to leave the question of
the retrocession of Hong Kong in abeyance or during
His Majesty's Minister,
Peking.
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