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Government to abstain from
direct competition with your
Company in the matter of
commercial traffic, and the
Government of Hong Kong has
shown for a long time a complete
readiness to subordinate its
own special interests to the
considerations of general
imperial policy in this matter.
It is felt, however, that it is
impossible indefinitely to
resist the demand of the Colony
that it shall be allowed to
undertake for itself the
provision of urgently required
facilities if these are not
forthcoming from the Company,
and it may be impossible much
the longer to refuse the demand of
Colony to be allowed freedom of
action. A telegram is being
addressed
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audressed to the Officer