CO129-441 - Governor Sir May - 1917 [1-3] — Page 296

PROOF 13057

Enemy Firms-7771.

12. 292

No.

HONG KONG.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR.

(Sent 3.51 p.m., 22nd March, 1917.)

TELEGRAM.

[Answered by No.

ן.

Your telegram 10th March,* sale of enemy properties. Proposals approved with much reluctance and only in deference to your representations. Great care must be exercised in regard to foreign purchasers.-LONG.

* No. 13057.