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In any further communication
on this subject, please quote
No. F 2103/2103/10.
and address,
but to-
not to any person by name,
"The Under-Secretary of State,"
Foreign Office,
Londen, S.W.1.
Sir:-
4.417188/1 Apr 11
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FOREIGN OFFICE.
5.7.1,
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June 25th, 1921.
With reference toor Miner's letter of
April 17th, 1920, (17188/1920) on the subject of the
proposed Customs Agreement between Hongkong and China, I am
directed by Earl Curzon of Kedleston to enclose, for Mr. Secretary Churchill's information, copy of a despatch received from His Majesty's Minister at Peking.
2.
After a perusal of this despatch and the précis
attached Mr. Churchill will no doubt be able to enter into
the feelings of His Majesty's Representative at Peking, who
after prolonged discussions with the Chinese Government, and after definitely committing His Majesty's Government, in accordance with his instructions, to an acceptance of the
agreement, was suddenly faced with a change of attitude on
the part of the Hongkong Government. How far that Govern-
ment was justified in coming to the final decision it is not for Lord Curzon to attempt to determine, but the cardinal fact must remain, as Mr. Churchill will doubtless agree, that, if the Government of Hongkong have definitely decided against the conclusion of the agreement, no useful purpose can be served by continuing the discussion further for the present.
3. A copy is enclosed of a despatch which is being addressed to Sir B. Alston.
he Under-Secretary of State, Colonial office.
I am,
Sir
Your most obedient
humble Servant,
Wolleren
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