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DOWNING STREET,
2-435
13th August,1929.
Sir,
I am directed by Lord Passfield to
transmit to you, to be laid before
1. the Army Council
2. the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
3. Mr Secretary Henderson
the accompanying copy of an extract from a despatch
from the Governor of Hong Kong, in which he suggests
the desirability of holding periodical conferences
of the four British authorities in the Far East,
namely, His Majesty's Minister at Peking, the Naval Commander-in-Chief, the General Officer Commanding,
China, and the Governor of Hong Kong.
2. Lord Passfield supports Sir Cecil Clementi's
recommendation since he feels that such periodical
conferences might serve the very useful purpose of
promoting co-operation and exchanging information
and he would be glad if the army Council
the Lords Commissioners of Mr Henderson
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the Admiralty
would consider the proposal.
3. A similar letter has been addressed to
the Admiralty and the Foreign Office
2. the War Office and the Foreign Office
the War Office and the Admiral ty
3.
THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE,
WAR OFFICE.
THE SECRETARY,
ADZIRALTY.
THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE,
FOREIGN OFFICE.
I am &c.,
(Signed) Alex Fiddian.