Mr. Martin 2
Mr. Gent.
228/10/29
29 or Ellis 29
Mr. Bottomley.
Sir E. Harding.
Sir J. Shuckburgh.
Sir G. Grindle.
Sir C. Davis.
Sir S. Wilson. Mr. Lunn
Mr-Ormsby-Gore.
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Mr. Ponsonby
Lord-Losat.
Lord Passfield.
Ma -- A 1.04 Y.
62921/29 Hong Kong.
Downing Street,
October, 1929.
Quarto for Mr. Ellis.
لمه IN
Dear Gwatkin,
With reference to your
(2)
DRAFT.
conson.
letter of the 25th of October about
F.T.A. ASHTON GWATKIN, ESQ.
FOREIGN OFFICE.
the construction of the port of
Whampoa, please see our official
letter of today which covers despatches
from the Governor of Hong Kong regard-
ing his conversation with Mr. Choy.
I am afraid that we can
hold out no hope of Hong Kong being
in a position to finance the work at
Whampoa, even in exchange for its
cherished project fr a loop-line
2 drafts.
connecting the two Canton railways.
The
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