70 on 8276573
FOR REGISTRANG
5 MAY 1932
Telegram from the Governor of Hong Kong
State for the Coloniza.
COL.OFFICE
the Secretary of
Dated 5th Mag. Rueired at 12-45pm 5th May 1932.
(61) on 82965/31
139
No 91 Confidential.
sh.
Your despatch of 15th February Confidential
and your telegram of 21st Harck No 50 propose following
amendment/s supplementary agreement.
Article I substitute"under this supplementary agreement"
for "jointly".
Cancel Articles 2 3 and 5.
In Article 4 slight amendment substituting
for "said manager or superintendent engineer".
Article 10 is not affected.
" the Company"
Request company be pressed to arrive at a decision
without delay in regard to taking over. Colony now suffers/ing
from lack of essential comunication to which it is entitled such
as wireless telephones service to Shanghai and of facilities
equal to those of neighbouring stations. If company not ready to
proceed Goverment would desire to abandon agreansnt and prossed themselves with normal defalopment urgently required.