BRITISH
EMBASSY,
PEKING.
No. 479 (4/19 C/1936) Copied to:-
4th May 1936.
Commercial Counsellor.
Changsha.
Canton.
Hankow.
R.A.Y.
Tour.
F.A.
Sir,
:
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I have the honour to enclose a copy of Mr.
Consul-General Moss' despatch No. 13 from Hankow of
the 19th March 1936 reporting on the condition of the
Hupeh-Hunan Section of the Canton-Hankow Railway.
Hankow des. 2. No.13 of 19.
3.1936.
With reference to the statement that this
section of the line is in a deplorable conäition and
would require expenditure of much time and capital to make
the whole line efficient for military and commercial pur-
poses, I venture to draw your attention to an article
describing the construction work, permanent way, and
rolling stock of the Canton-Hankow Railway which appear-
ed in the Railway Gazette of the 7th February 1936, (a copy of which was sent recently to Sir Alexander
Cadogan by Mr. C. Peter Sandberg of Messrs. Sendberg,
40 Grosvenor Gardens, London 8.V. 1., who stated that
his firm had arranged for the publication of the article),
which appears to give a somewhat over-optimistic esti-
mate of the traffic prospects of the line.
Reports
/ from
The Right Honourable,
Anthony Eden, M.C., M.P.,
etc., etc., etc.,
FOREIGN OFFICE.
S.V. 1.