No.
CONFIDENTIAL.
AIR MAIL.
Sir,
34.
28
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONG KONG,
9th September, 1937.
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt
2b of your confidential telegram No. 148 of 31st August, 1937,
notifying me of the impending arrival of Mr. R. G. Howe
Counsellor of the Embassy at Nanking.
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2.
Mr. Howe arrived at 11 a. m. on 7th September,
1937, in the Imperial Airways aeroplane and I was glad -
to be able to entertain him to luncheon together with
Major General Bartholomew and Commodore Dicken.
We were
later joined by Mr. Blunt, Consul-General in Canton, who
had come down specially by a British gunboat.
3.
After a full discussion of many points of
current interest Mr. Howe left at 7 p. m. on the same day
by H.M.S. "Daring", for Shanghai.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient, humble servant,
(SE) as of Lolag
NZ. Sunk
Officer Administering the Government.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
W.G.A.ORMSBY-GORE, P.C.. M.P.,
&C.,
&C., &C.