In any further communication this subject, please quote
No 4554/4140/10
and address--
not to any person by name,
but to-
The Under-Secretary of State,"
Foreign Office,
London, S.W.1.
RECEIVED
13 SEP 1929,
OOL, OFFICE
Confidenter
onjidas
H.
FOREIGN OFFICE.
S.W.1.
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11th September, 1929.
Sir,
I am directed by Mr. Secretary Henderson to refer to
your letter No.62882/29 of the 2nd instant relative to the
Chinese Telegraph Office in Hong Kong.
2.
I am to say that Sir C. Clementi's secret despatch of
the 28th June, on which Mr. Henderson's observations are
requested, indicates that the Governor of Hong Kong has been
in direct communication with His Majesty's Minister at Peking
on this subject, and addressed a confidential despatch thereon
to Sir M. Lampson bearing the same date as the despatch to
Lord Passfield enclosed in your letter under reply. Mr.
Henderson presumes therefore, that some further progress has
been made in the interval which has elapsed towards a satis-
factory settlement of the conditions under which Mr. Wu Min
is to assume duty as telegraph agent of the Chinese Government
in Hong Kong, especially as Sir M. Lampson has furnished no
report on this matter and has not felt it to be necessary to
ask for instructions. Mr. Henderson would suggest, therefore,
that consideration of the important questions of principle
which appear to be involved, together with that of any
instructions to be conveyed to the Governor of Hong Kong or to
Sir M. Lampson, might perhaps be deferred pending the receipt
either of a request for instructions or of definite information
that no practical solution of the question has been discovered.
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
Douglas Mackellop
The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.