CO129-470 - Public Offices - 1921 — Page 192

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Government and the Harconi Company, the latter receiving two-

thirds of the profits in return for the grant of their patent

rights to the Chinese Goverment. The control is vested in a

Board of Directors consisting of three nominees of the Govern.

ment and three nominees of the Karooni Company, the latter

having a casting vote so long as the Government is indebted to

them. The instalments due from the Chinese Government in respect

of their shares will be advanced by the Marconi Company against

8 per cent. sterling Treasury notes to be issued by the Govern-

ment and secured on the interest of the Goverment in the Com-

pany. But Article 6 contains the kernel of the whole matter:

"The Government, recognising that the Chinese Company's success

depends upon mutual co-operation, hereby agrees that if the

goods supplied by the Chinese Company are not lower in quality

nor higher in price than those offered by other companies, the

Goverment will purchase exclusively from the Chinese Company

all its present and future requirements in wireless telegraph

and telephone apparatus, material and supplies, and further if

the Government suffers no loss by giving such work to the

Chinese Company, the latter shall be exclusively entrusted with

the repair and maintenance of all wireless telegraph and tele-

phone apparatus and equipment in China".

Commenting on this agreement, Sir J. Jordan says: "As far

as paper agreements go the task of establishing the Marconi

Company in the wireless field in China may now be said to be

complete, and they have secured a position which should enable

them to compete successfully with rivals of any other nationality.

FOREIGN OFFICE, August 14th, 1919.

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