CO129-493 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [6-8] — Page 147

PARAPHRASE TELEGRAM from the Secretary of State f

Colonies to the Governor of Hong Kang.

Secret

(Sent 3.0 p.m. 23rd July, 1924.)

Canton negotiations. Following is for;

guidance after discussion with Foreign Office,

If Canton Overrussnt as part of @meral

settlement were to ask for lean of officers from

Kong as ta chnical nauistante you couldgive any sud

request friendly consideration, Of course no fli

instructors could be allowed and it would have to

that only civil officials were to be lentand that

were not to be employed en ary work subsidiary to

purpose a, You should not however yourself past fərd

any proposal of this kind, It will be ne on santry

such proposal to be carefully examined here in the

of possible international obligations and difficult

and should one therefore be mida to you I requent uf

you will re for it home at once,

As to railway schemes we have considered four projects mentioned in the first enclosure of

despatch of the 26th Karah and I haw suppertaŭ the

request contained in your despatch of the 20th

that the loop-line should be finanoad from Bomer

Indemnity Puzzin, You cannot howwer count on t'is

if it were found in course of negotiations that ind either for this or for fan-ling-Bias Bay railway n be suitable, neither I nor the Secretary of State i

Foreign Affairs would raise any objection, provima

course that the conditions contained in my telegra

the 26th March wore observed,

As regards the othe projects I would invite your attention to the abom

mentioned telegram which indianted the objection

the spire of the consortium aguement) in hi

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railway extending beyond the province of Kwangtung would

be open.

Wis Majesty's Goverrusent would have no objection to moderate lean for development of part of Whampoa which it has been suppated would be neceptable to Cantonese and would, without inflioting any damage on Colony's interesta, go moms way towards removing the objections advanced on patristis grounds to the exceptional position of Hàng Kong in regard to Kwangtung tradă.

AMERY.

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