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RE
R 24 MAY 23
FOREIGN OFFICE,
136
S.W.1.
May 23rd, 1923.
sir,
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With reference to the letter from this office F 930/930/10 of the 23rd ultimo, I am directed by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to transmit herewith a copy of a despatch from His Majesty's Minister at Peking regarding the proposed construction of the Can ton-Kowloon Can ton-Hankow loop line.
2.
The
It seems evident that the need for immediate cash advances is the principal, if not the sole, motive actuating Sun Yat-sen in his attitude to the present proposals, and he would not agree to a scheme without such advances.
Peking Government would naturally refuse its consent to a scheme involving supplies of free money for Sun Yat-sen, and such a scheme would moreover be entirely contrary to the policy of His Majesty's Government.
3. In these circumstances the Secretary of State concurs in
Sir R. Macleay's opinion that it is not possible to proceed
with the present proposals for the construction of this line.
I am,
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
в -C
Newton
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