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the protest made
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(1) i 92402/32
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telegram from
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a
letter which has
to the
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been
addressed
The Governor's despatch of the 23rd
December (2) appears to put this matter of smuggling from Hong Kong in its proper prospective. Apart from the major question of signature
the
of the wanaand draft Customs Agreement with China, which has no doubt been discussed with Mr. Maze.(see
(14) on 92702/32) and about which we may expect
to hear further from Hong Kong in due course, matter in dispute between the Hong Kong Government and the shipping companies(whom we can regard as represented in this country by John Swire and Sons 4) is the extent to which the Hong Kong Government should
intervene