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Cable Cory's agreement.
13.6-30
Chinese abrogation of
In his das f of 18 Now 1929 to Pakking
(coby enclosed in 1) Sis C. Clementi wrote
altogether
(here 5): "It is akady
anomalous that a
Welegraph office in a British Colony should be managed by a Chinese sexporntendent affomted by the Chinese Goot, and we look forward to the time, as we hope not far distant, on this Chinese tilewath
office in HK, may be closed down
altogether".
He went on
was
the case,
to say that if it wo
as reported, that the Chinese Ministry of
communications
interests
>
of the
was to take over ble
two cable companies in 1930
British interests being extinguushed, the
raison d'être for tolerating a Chinese Telegraph
office wtf.k. might discipfear. If, for the sake
f
а
British interests outside HK., it should be necessary to continue to recognize a Chinese aufcommtendent of the belgroth officis all possible