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of the Firme named together with the Treasury (Issue Committee) and the Man Power and Shipping Boarda endeavour to reach an agreement es to how support can best be given: es to the manner and method of control to be exercised: and all essential deteils settled so that there should not be at any later stage in the proceedings and or negotiations any doubt as to exactly the course of procedure to be followed end the whole of the Government departments concerned should act co- -hesively one with the other to bring this about it being evident that with the political and economic situ- -ation existing in China today it is totally impossible for any British firm or group of firms to undertake the business in such a manner as to give to the Empire the most desirable service in such en establishment unless in the first place the group is worked with from the commencement of the proceedings by the Government of Britain putting forward its basic idees for such working and secondly giving the group of firme interested a definite assurance that the group will receive equal help from the Fritish Government in the accomplishment of its desires as is afforded Japanese group and individuals by their Government.

Finally I am convinced that, if H.M's Govern- ment would act on the lines laid down, e semi-official or privately controlled establishment might be set up in KUANGTUNG|Lully controlled politically and militarily by HONGKONG that would render that Colony capable of sustaining itself for a definite period without depen- dency on the products of other countries' and would at the same time triple the potential output of the Hong kong ship yerds and I am equally sure that if we do not move in the matter that there valuable deposits will pess into the control of others to the economic impoverishment of the Colony of Hongkong.