Copy
#2.333 (11/7).
Copy to 7.0. Hong Kong à Danton.
sir,
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BRITISH LEGATION PEKING
29th uetsber, 1929
Dang Kong
of 27th Sep.1929
of 29th Oct.1929.
18th Gat.1989.
With reference to my telegram No.239
of August 31st and my despatch B. 210 of August
20th, I transmit herewith copies of further cor-
respondence with the Governor of Hong Lng and the
Minister for Foreign Affairs concerning the Chinese
Telegraph office at Hong Kong.
2.
You will observe that I have suggested to the farmer a prosedure which will, I hope, re- sult in finally slearing up this awkward quoetica, and that I do not propese to reply to Dr. Fang's
Hote of Cetober 18th pending the receipt of an answer
làth
to my letter to dir C. Clementi of today's date.
3. I should be glad however if you would
take a disarest opportunity of mentioning the nutter to Dr. Vang in order that he may know that his cou
munication has not been over-locked. You should
confine yourself to pointing out that a further mis- understanding appears unfortunately to have arisen seeing that the Government of Hong Kong had definitely expressed a certain hesitation as to the acceptability of Mr. Im Chih-yun (ace Hong Kong telegram No.12 of August 12th) and had intimated that they awaited the
removal of their misgivings on this point before they
A.P.Aveling, Sequire, O.B.B..
His Majesty's Minister's Representative,
could
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