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indifference to threats.

It would, in short, be idle to pretend that

the case has been proved and that there is not still

room for doubt. The Governor must, however, be presumed to be the best judge of local difficulties and in view of his emphatic assurances I am not inclined to

for ti reason given above offer further resistance.

But I would like to see the

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appointment deferred, if possible, until after the Canton

negotiations.

I am

I submit draft telegram on these lines. afraid that the Straits Settlements Government (which

it is only fair to take into consideration in view of the fact that the large Chinese population there, mostly emigrants from S. China, substantially outnumbers the non-Chinese), will have to put up as best they can with

any agitation to which this concession may give rise.

The demand for Chinese representation on the

Shanghai Municipal Council (which is by no means a close

analogy) has been conceded and there is no fear that

anything we may do in Hongkong will embarrass the F.O.

We need hardly, therefore, consult them, but a copy of

the correspondence should of course be sent to them later.

We

height

wait for 1th reply before writing

16 F.O. and telegraphing further to Straits.

Tallinabuck

30.6.26

I entirely apes. Becken

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And J. In the matter

the suppression

9 KUOMINTANG, which affected bother

Lak

turitories, way in spite

let malaya have ito

the protest of Hing kmy.

Now it in the lean of ting kong, a

and

the Gomina adheres to ini

proposal to add

to the Excentive covenant after considering

our double a

objections, we can only agree,

& deal with any similar demand in the Stails when it is made,

After all the

Chinese are natives of Hongkong,

Skaits Chincu au

of which the natives belong to a

1.7.16.

A

while that

country different rau,

Ree of Plate (through her Ormaky fard). Ithink we must begonded by

this

Pir C. Clemente na case like thee: and that the proposed telegram

will meet the care.

agree

1.1.6

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with the letter &

of the proposed telegram

2.7.16

spint

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