COPY:
.VRI.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
CONFIDENTIAL.
HONG KONG
135
6th Noveaber, 1930.
dy lord,
I have the honour to refer to Your
Lordship's confidential toleran of the 31st of
Latober, 1930, and previous corrernondence
relating to the nro osed Custume spreemont.
2.
subsequent to the despatch of my
telegras of the 11th october, I received fraa
ir. laze a further revised draft, containing certain amendments proposed by the Minister of
Winance and the Director Yeneral of ustors.
In accordance with instructions received from
the former, ir. Haze case to Hong Kong to discuss the draft with me. Kisajesty's Minister aude
no criticism of this draft.
vae
3. Apart from one or two pointe, I saw no objection to the suggested amendments, and was memred to accent then, subject to those points
being settled, They were :-
(a) the pronoged deletion of the reable on
the ground that it tended to give the agreement the status of a treaty, to which
THE RIGHT ORABLE
LORD PASSTELD,
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c.
C.
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