CO129-492 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1925 [12] - 1926 [1-5] — Page 592

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C.12994/26.

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PARAPHRASE TELEGRAM from the Secretary of Bate for Calenies to the Gevarner of Hong Kong,

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(Bent 3.0 p.m. 23rd July, 1926.)

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Canton mgotiations. Following is for your gaicistason after discussion with Foreign Offion.

If Genton Onvertment as part of general friendly sokilament were to ask for loan of officers from Hang Kong as technical susistands you could give my such request friendly consideration. Of course no military instructors could be allowed and it would have to be alexr that only civil officials were to be lent and that

to he 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 light of possible international obligations and diffimultion and should one therefore be made to you I ruquent that you will refer it home at once,

As to railway sohemma we haw considereɑ four projects mentioned in the first enclamare of your despatch of the 26th Merah and I have supported the request contained in your despatch of the 20th March that the loop-line should be finaneed from Beam 2o Incomiky Purvis, You damot however count on this and if it were found in course of negotiations that loan either for this or for Farling-Bina Bay railway would be suitable, wither I nag the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs would raims any objectim, provided of couras that the oanditimme contained in my tolo gran of the 26th March were observed. An regards the other prejects I would invite your attention to the above mwtioned telegowes which indiested the objections (en the score of the omaertiam agreemɑ6) to which any

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