In any further communication
on this subject, please quote
No.
F 4239/37/10.
address-
not to any person by name,
but to-
"The Under-Secretary of State,"
Foreign Office,
London, S.W.1.
Sir,
Confidential
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FOREIGN OFFICE.
S.W. 1.
23rd August, 1930.
I am directed by Mr. Secretary Henderson to refer
to Sir Miles Lampson's telegram No. 483 of the 5th August,
a copy of which is transmitted herewith, and to previous
correspondence on the subject of the negotiations for
2.
the prevention of smuggling from Hongkong into China.
Mr. Henderson is of opinion that the negotiations
have now reached a point which makes it urgently desirable
to examine the considerations of high policy involved in
the general problem of Hongkong's relations with China.
with a view to arriving at a decision with regard to
the principles which should guide His Majesty's Government
in finding a solution of the smuggling problem which is
the immediate question at issue. If the negotiations now
pending should result in some solution not in conformity
with the general policy of His Majesty's Government in
China, and still more if they should break down, Mr.
Henderson fears that this may have an adverse effect on
British interests generally in China. He has therefore
addressed to Sir M. Lampson a telegram, a copy of which
is enclosed herewith, and I am to enquire whether Lord
Passfield would think it desirable to repeat this telegram
to Hongkong with a request for Sir W. Peel's considered
views on the whole question.
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
Douglas MacAGHOR
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.