CO129-471 - Public Offices - 1921 — Page 82

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F.0./1880/21 H. Kong

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July. 1921.

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Sumeur Beckett 13

Mr. Grindle. 14

Sir H. Lambert,

Sir H. Read.

X Sir G. Fiddes,

Col. Amery

Fra. Wood.

Mr. Churchill,

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sir,

I am etc. to ack. the receipt of

your letter of the 25 June, No. F 2103/

2103/ 10, enclosing & copy of a desp.

received from H. M. Minister at Peking on

the subject of the proposed Customs

Agreement between H, Kong and China.

2. While Mr. Churchill regrets that

H. M. Minister at Peking should have been

placed in the position of being unable

to sign an agreement the negotiation of

which had been carried on with such

care and ability by himself and his

predecessor, he does not see any reason

lathey

to suppose that the withdrawal of H. King

de eshtire to H. M. Legation any less of

"funa", in view of the reasons set out

in the 7th. para, of Sir R. E, Stubb'

conf. desp. of the 10 Feb. 1920, a copy

of which accompanied the letter from this

Dept. of the 17 Apl., 1920. In any case,

Mr. Churchill agrees that no useful

purpose would be served by continuing the

discussion further for the present.

3. In view however, of the fact that Sir B.Alston's desp. and précis appear

to be somewhat misleading in certain partico., Mr. Churchill desires to point

out the following facts:-

(1) The ides of the Customs Agree-

ment originated not with the Govt. of

H. Kong.

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