CO129-435 - Governor Sir May & Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1916 [9-11] — Page 128

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PARAPHRASE of a telegram from the

Hong Kong.

To the Secretary of State for the Colonies.

(Received Colonial Office, 10.45 a.m.,11th September 1916

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With reference to your telegram of the 22nd August. On account of the central geographical position of Shanghai and because British authorities

in Japan and China lack an officer who has

(?) knowledge of Indians and their language, I advise Shanghai.

MAY.

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