In any further communication on
this subject, please quote
No. F 7617/4847/10.
and address,
but to--
not to any person by name,
"The Under-Secretary of State," Foreign Office,
London, S. W. 1.
15.
FOREIGN OFFICE.
S. W. 1.
19th July, 1938.
Sir,
(11) With reference to Colonial Office letter No. 53852/38
of the 14th July on the subject of the possibility of
negotiating with the Chinese Government for the sale to
the British Government of the New Territories of Hong Kong
or for an extension of the present lease, I am directed
by Viscount Halifax to inform you that he concurs in the
proposal to hold an interdepartmental meeting in the
near future to consider this matter.
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
R. E. Howe