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1926

HONG KONG

Colonial Office

MULATION —

Beckett

DATE

26th January, 1926.

.:2210

27 JAN 1930

HARBOUR DEVELOPMENT.

1. U.5, of S.

de S. Sandle 27

Possibility of the development of Canton.

* Lib. of S.

U.S. of S.

beary of State,

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Hr. Duncan called yesterday and left

with me this cutting from the Times, which he

thinks bears out the point he tried to make at

our recent Conference as to the desirability

of a quiet and unobtrusive enquiry being

conducted into the possibilities of developing

Whampoa as a competitor to Hong Kong.

In this connection, please see also

the annexed extract from the Governor's secret

despatch of the 24th of December which has just

come in, and also the extracts from Mr. Fletcher's

Diary of his visit to Canton which formed the

enclosure to that despatch. In spite of Sir

E. Stubbs' confident opinion to the contrary,

there does undoubtedly seem to be a possibility

that a large part of the trade of Hong Kong

may be permanently diverted to Canton.

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