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HAI CHIAO PU INTERVIEW

August 1st, 1923.

Present: Dr. Wellington Koo and Mr. Huang

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Mr. Hoare (on behalf of H.M. Minister) and

Mr. Teichman.

CHINESE TELEGRAPH AGENT AT HOMEKONG

Mr. Hoare handed in a memorandum on the subject

and pressed verbally for the carrying out of the suggestion

contained therein, namely, that as it was most undesirable

that the Chinese telegraph Office should continue to be a

centre of political intrigue, it should be placed temporar- ily in the charge of the Superintendent of the Eastern

Extension Telegraph Company.

Dr. Koo replied that he would consult with the

Ministry of Communications and ascertain their views. Per-

haps it would be sufficient to send instructions to the

Chinese Telegraph Agent to abstain from political activities

Mr. Hoare said he feared that instructions would

not suffice. There was no doubt that the agent in question

was indulging in political activities. What was happening

was that political leaders in North China outside of Peking

were sending to Mr. Shen secret telegrams on political

mattera for the latter to distribute to opponents of the

de facto administration in Kuangtung Province. As Dr. Koo

was well aware, the British Goverment, while in no way

recognising the Canton Goverment, nevertheless had to admit that they were, and deal with them as, the de facto

authorities of Kuangtung; and it was the policy of the

British Government to remain strictly neutral in the intern-! al dissensions between Paking and the independent provinces

and to render no assistance to either side. He wished,

therefore, in the name of His Majesty's Minister to press the proposal of the Hongkong Goverment very strongly on the Chinese Government.