Mr. Moss to Sir Miles Lampson
Copy.
No. 199
(and 3 copies)
Copies to:- F.O. No. 61
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H.B.M. Consulate-General,
Hongkong No. 342.
Canton.
December 20th,1929.
Sir,
With reference to my telegram No. 103 of the
19th instant regarding an assurance by the Chairman of the
Provincial Government that two battalions of troops had been
detailed to guard the Canton-Kowloon Railway, I have the
honour to inform you that 1,600 men of the Fourth Independent
Regiment left Canton last night for stations on the Railway.
250 men are to be posted at Sha Po and 250 at Shek Ha where
the bridges were damaged.
His Majesty's Minister,
Peiping.
I have, etc.,
(Sd.) G.S. Moss.
Acting Consul-General.