CO129-490 - Public Offices - 1925 — Page 745

In any further communication

an this subject, please quote

No.

T 5905/2265/378

and address-

not to any person by name,

IREC

31222

FOREIGN OFFICE.

but to-

RE

9 JUL 25.w.1.

**The Under-Secretary of State,'' Foreign Office,

London, S.W.1.

sir,

7th July, 1925.

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to

With reference to your letter (19607/25) of the 14th May and the letter from this department (T 5383/2265/ 378) of the 4th ultimo, I am directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to transmit to you herewith a copy of a

further despatch from His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Peking respecting the claim of Yeap Seng Koon to British protection in China and the general question of arriving at en arrangement with the Chinese Govemment in regard to the protection by His Majesty's consuls in China of British subjects of Chinese origin.

2. Mr. Chamberlain will be glad to receive any observations Mr. Secretary Amery may have to offer in regard to this despatch.

เ

The Under Secretary of State

Colonial Office.

I am,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant.

Chwarme