CO129-492 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1925 [12] - 1926 [1-5] — Page 511

Dear Clutterbuck,

Foreign Office, S.W.1.

July 20th, 1926.

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I showed your letter of July 16th to Lord Willingdon. He had of course already seen Sir

c. Clementi's memorandum on the Canton loopline and the proposal had been carefully considered

by his Delegation in China. The following para- graph on the subject appears in the Delegation's

Report:

"The Cantonese have several railway projects [ in view, such as a loopline at Canton connecting "the Hankow-Canton with the Canton-Kowloon lines,

and a branch line from Fanling in the British "leased territory via Bias Bay to Wa ichow.

"With regard to the loopline, it is obvious "that sooner or later a junction between the Hankow- "Canton and the Kowloon-Canton railways must be

H constructed;

Clutterbuck, Esq., M.C.,

and, indeed, negotiations which

"would...

Colonial Office.