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In any further communication on this subject, please quote
No. F 6607/5423/10
and address-
not to any person by name,
but to-
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The Under-Secretary of State,"
Foreign Office,
IMMEDIATE.
London, S.W.1.
Sir,
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RECEIVED 10SEP 1932 COL. OFFICE
FOREIGN OFFICE.
S.W.1.
9th September, 1932.
I am directed by Secretary Sir John Simon to
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refer to Foreign Office letters Nos. F 6422/5423/10 of
copgenel mig on 92675) the 2nd instant and F 647775423/10 of the 3rd instant
regarding the Chinese Government's proposal to establish
a Chinese Vice-Consulate at Hongkong in connexion with the
new Chinese regulations for the introduction of a system
of consular invoices.
2.
The First Secretary of the Chinese Legation
called at the Foreign Office on September 8th and stated
that the Chinese Government could not accept the
suggestion of His Majesty's Government in the United
Kingdom that the Commissioner of Customs at Hongkong should
issue these invoices, as this would not be possible under
the regulations of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service.
Since His Majesty's Government had objections to the
appointment of a Chinese consular official at Hongkong, he
was instructed to propose the appointment by the Chinese
Government of a special delegate to deal with the work
connected with consular invoices. It was gathered that
no importance attached to the title by which this delegate
should be known.
3.
It was pointed out in reply that it would be
necessary to consult the Government of Hongkong in this
matter, which might well turn on details and on the
personality of any "delegate" who might be appointed.
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
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