CO129-492 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1925 [12] - 1926 [1-5] — Page 490

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No SECRET.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

HONGKONG. 14th May,1926,

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ure No. 1.

Sir,

With reference to the letter,dated 14th

April, from Lord Willingdon to me, copy of which was attached to my recent despatch of the 23rd April, I have the honour to enclose copy of a letter which I wrote to Lord Willingdon on the 12th May, and in which I made it clear that I had

never expressed the opinion that his delegation should not

visit nong Kong, but that on the contrary this Government has always considered that his delegation, while ignoring Canton until the anti-British boycott has been ended, ought

to visit Hong Kong as soon as possible.

2.

Lord Willingdon telegraphed to me on the 30th April:- "Delegation has adjourned for a fortnight. My wife and I leave Shanghai Hay 3rd by Empress of Canada on round trip Manila and back. We arrive Hong Kong noon Kay 5th. Lay we spend day with you?" I replied by telegram that Lord and Lady Willingdon would be very welcome. They arrived

in Hong Kong at dawn on the 6th May and left for Manila on

the afternoon of the same day. They returned to Hong Kong from Manila at dawn on the 11th Lay and left for Shanghai

at noon today. During their stay in Hong Kong on each

accasion they were my guests; and Lord Willingdon saw 2.8

much

RIGHT HONOURABLE

LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.1.S. ALTERY, H.P.,

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