CO129-478 - Public Offices & Others - 1922 — Page 743

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

MINUTES.

MINUTES NOT TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE.

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RE 5 AUG 22

August 1922 786

I have the hour to acknowledge the receipt.

letter No 37333/22 of August 3rd, Meativ

to the possible effect

A-

the Canton - Karlom

Railway traffic of the development of the Post of

Canton.

The wording of the sections of the Treaty of 1907 and of the unsigned working agreemete quoted in the Freign office letter, woomed not

my opinion, when road by themalves, apply to attempts to develop the Port glanton bi of railway tracks and, if my memory sems,

& apply, those provisions are not intended so The idea of think, was to prevent the Chinese) fovernment form themselves hilding or giving

a concession to other people to build a pival line over the samme

camty

Canton - Kowloon railway

as is sured by the

likely exongle

course in China- bantamaiting the Canton - Kuntos railway by threats of doing s

5-0

The idea of making a deep-water post in

the Canton river has hen morted mas

fimas

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