In any further communication on this subject, please quote
No. F 1226/37/10.
and address-
not to any person by name,
but to-
**The Under-Secretary of State,"
Foreign Office,
London, S.W.1.
RECEIVED
11 MAR 930
COL.OFFICE
(16) 178
FOREIGN OFFICE,
S.W.1.
10th March, 1930.
ह
1
Sir,
With reference to your letter No. 72571/30 of the
3rd March on the subject of the proposed agreement between
Hongkong and China relating to the Chinese Maritime Customs
Administration, I am directed by Mr. Secretary Henderson
to state that he concurs in the terms of the draft telegram
enclosed therein which it is proposed to send to the
Officer Administering the Government of Hongkong.
2. I am to transmit herewith for the information of
Lord Passfield copy of a draft telegram which will be sent
to Sir Miles Lampson in lieu of that enclosed in Foreign
(2) Office letter No. F 45/37/10 of the 18th January as soon
as it is learned that the Board of Trade concur in the
terms of the draft telegram enclosed in your letter under
reference. A copy of the new draft agreement and of Sir
C. Clementi's covering despatch of the 20th November is
being communicated confidentially to the Chairman of the
China Association.
A copy of this letter and enclosure is being
sent to the Board of Trade.
3.
The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
Cw. Orde