DRAFT TELEGRAM
(Recypher)
GOVERNOR
HONG KONG
No.
Secret.
41
left here
My telegram No.113
I understand another two Thorneycroft
motor torpedo boats for Chinese
Government are on board S.S.Glenabb
A
Left here 28th May for Hong Kong,
and that eight in all have been
ordered and that next pair will be
completed middle July and last
pair towards end of Augusto Hie
Majesty's Government as at present
advised have no objection to such
vessels being stored on land in
Hong Kong and sent on to China by
land route but there would be
objections if they completed the
Journey from Hong Kong by sea under
their own power or in British ship.
If