CO129-486 - Public Offices - 1924 — Page 286

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Sir,

With reference to your letter (43474/23) of the

17th September, 1923, and Foreign Office lettere (T 9601/ 4182/350) of the 8th October and (T 11174/4182/350) of the 14 th November, 1923, I am directed by Mr. Secretary RamBay MacDonald to transmit to you herewith copies of further correspondence from His Majesty's Minister at Peking and His Majesty's Consul at Swatow regarding the registration and protection of British subjects of Chinese origin in

China.

2.

In view of the considerations advanced by Sir R. Macleay in his despatch No.370 of the 15th June last,

Mr. Ramsey MacDonald considers it advisable, if the Secretary

that authority should now of State for the Colonies concurs,

be given to His Majesty's Minister for the negotiation of the general settlement of this question with the Chinese Government on the lines of the agreement between the Netherlands Government and the Chinese Government, summarised in a note of the Wai Wu Pu to the Netherlands Legation at Peking, dated June 20th, 1911, of which a copy is enclosed for convenience of reference.

3.

It appears an important point that His Majesty's Minister should endeavour to come to a definite arrangement with the Chinese Government, if that is now possible in the present chaotic conditions of China, as to the solution of the difficulties which constantly arise in China.

de Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

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