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Administration direct from source by

local Commissioner of Customs.

Please telegraph your considered

F 2173,8/10

Boaduert tosti de

JUN 1928

views.

Macleay

Repeat to Hongkong and Canton.

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May

Despatchac

1

(of

Your telegrams Nos. 24 and 26 Conferenc

April 10th and 14th;

washington yurtaxes).

You will see from Governor of

Hongkong's telegram of May 20th that he

agrees with Sir J.Jamieson in thinking

that though sotion in connection with

Washington surtexes will not affect

boycott situation, nevertheless a good

affect might be produced locally if we

took the initiative in offering proceeds

thereof to Canton. I would like if

possible to harmonise this view with that

expressed in your telegram No.25 so as to

be in position to adopt agreed course of

sation when the right gosent arrives.

The course which I would propose is to

wàêt, sa you suggest, until levy of

was:ington surtaxes is authorised and then

if Canton claims proceeds thereof

fortnwith declare that in view of the

prolonged existence in Cani

intre„of a local

administration seperate from that of the

Central Goverment we consider claims to be

ju tified and would be prepared in order

to avoid technical difficulties in

connection with custodianship, to advocate

alloos tion of such proceeds to Canton

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