CO129-492 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1925 [12] - 1926 [1-5] — Page 590

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PARAPHRASE TELA RAM from the Secretary of State for the Colonies to the Governor of Hong Kong,

Souret,

(Bent 3,^ p,», 23rd July, 1926.)

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Canton magotiations, following is for your gallance «fter discussion with foreign office.

If Canton Government as part of general fríamily settlement were to ask for loan of officers from Hang Xong as technical assistants you could give any much requat frien-ly consideratim. Of course no military instructors could be allowed and it would have to be clear that only civil officials were to be lent and that

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they were not/employed on any work subsidiary to military purposes. You should not however yourself put forward any proposal of this kind. It will be necessary for any such proposal to be carefully examined here in the 11 ht of possibla internatimal obligations and difficulties and should ens therefore be

to you I request that

you will refer it home at once.

As to railway achama ve hay) considered the four projects mentioned in the first anulemurs of your despatch of the 26th March and I have supported the request contained in your daspato? of the 20th Yarch that the loop-line should be finansed from Boxer Indemnity Pandı, You camat however onunt on this and if it were found in sourse of negotiations that loan either for this or for Taneling-Blas Bay railway woulu be suitable, mither I nor the Jecretary of stats for Joreign Affairs would raise any objection, provided of onurmm that the camiitions contained in my telegram of the 26th March were observed, Ân req.rds the other projects I would invite your attention to the above mentioned telegram #ich indicated the objections (on the seers of the consortium agreement) to which any

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