CO129-495 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [11-12] — Page 439

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This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government, and should be returned to the Foreign Office if not required for official use.]

(F.95/1/10).

CHINA,

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Cypher telegram to Sir R. Macleay. (Peking).

Foreign Office. January 12th, 1926. 10.0.p.m. 10. 15.

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Canton telegram No. 2 (situation at Canton).

We wish to take opportunity of Mr. O'Malley's visit to Hongkong to arrange (1) for more prompt and satisfactory interchange of news between Canton, Hongkong, Peking and Foreign Office, and (2) to reach some agreed expression of view by yourself, Governor of Hongkong and Sir J. Jamieson as to what you consider a sound and practical policy for the relief of the Canton situation. If, as is possible, no such policy is at present feasible, we desire a reasoned presente- tion of the arguments on which that view is founded. Information at our disposal is not sufficient for us to decide upon any forward policy or even adequately to defend our present policy of inaction and when Parliament re-assembles we may well be pressed, We wish to be in a position to put up convincing case in reply to probable criticism.

Repeat to Canton.