COPY.
CONFIDENTIAL.
Extracted from C.S.0. 2 in 6064/29c.
Government House,
Hong Kong, 30th May, 1930.
386
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My dear Sir Miles,
I intended to write to you as soon as I arrived, but put it off, partly because I was getting settled in, and partly because I wanted to see what further develop- ments were likely to take place in regard to the Customs Agreement. I wish we could get a chance of talking over It that and other matters, but it seems very difficult. is a bit early for me to try and get away, though I might do so later. If there is any likelihood of your coming
south on duty, I will try and meet you somewhere, possible. Meanwhile, I should be very glad if you could give me any private views on the subject of the Agreement.
In London I was tackled by Dodwell and other merchants, also by the C.O. and F.0., on this matter. confess that I got rather a shock when I was told at the beginning of the suggestion that China should be allowed
if
to run a preventive service in the territory and waters
I
of this Colony. However, it was impressed on me that it
was not as terrible as it seemed at first sight; but I
was never entirely convinced. I felt, however, that
Sir Miles W, Lampson, K.C.M.G., C.B., M.V.O.,
His Majesty's Minister to China,
British Legation,
PEKING.