CO129-493 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [6-8] — Page 53

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Thla Document is the Property of Hls Britannic Majesty's Government, and should be

returned to the Foreign Office If not required for official use.")

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CHINA.

Decypher.

Sir R. Macleay. (Peking),

June 13th, 1926.

D.

3.50.p.m. June 13th, 1926.

6.

2.30.p.m. June 13th, 1926.

No. 218.

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Your telegram No. 176.

I concur in terms of proposed reply of the Governor

of Hongkong and I am so informing him at the same time

repeating to him your telegram No. 177.

There is, however, enother aspect of the question

to which I would venture to draw your attention to.

I had hoped that in course of time the more moderate

end reasonable elements in the extremist group which

styles itself the Nationalist government of China would exter shaking off its bolshevik yoke have obtained as- cendency and would have been propared to re-open direct negotiations with Hongkong government over the heads of

the strike committee. This, however, has not proved

the case since in spite of the rebuff suffered by the

comunistic section at a recent convention of General

Executive Committee Kuo Min Chun in Canton the influ-

ence of(?Bororodin)and other Soviet agents appears

stronger than ever and to be responsible for Eugeno Chen's appointment as Minister for Foreign Affairs. I

therefore fear that fresh offer to negotiate is solely inspired by the hope that the Hongkong government in

their naturel desire to end an intolerable situation

will

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