CO129-470 - Public Offices - 1921 — Page 259

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FOREIGN OFFICE S.#.1.,

Pbruary 11th, 1921.

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This Department has been in consultation with the General Post Office with regard to Cable and Wireless communication in

Chins.

2.

At the suggestion of the Postmaster General I am directed to transmit herswith, to be laid before the Imperial Communications Committee a copy of the letter which wa: addressed to Mr. Illingworth by Lord Curzon on Jamary 17th last, in which the matter is reviewed at some length and the various considera- tions upon which a decision is required are set forth.

3. Identic lettere were addressed to the Colonial Office,

but so far replies have only been War Office, and Admiralty;

received from the Post Office and Colonial office.

copies are forwarded herewith.

of these

4. Copies are also enclosed of all the telegraphia corres- pondence that has passed with His Majesty's Hinister at Peking

on this matter.

5.

Since the issues referred to in the letter to the Post Office of Jamary 17th were raised, a further complication bas ensued in the conclusion of a contrast between the Chinese Government and the American Federal Wireless Company for the erection of high-power wireless stations in China, a contract which, as reported by Sir B. Alston, not only raises the

question /

Secretary,

Imperial Communications Committee.