Enclosure No. 1.
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CONFIDENTIAL.
MEMORANDUM.
On the 22nd July Mr. Lam Ting-po, Mayor of Wuchow,
Kwongsi,called on Sir Shouson Chow and lir. R.H. Kotewall, handing to each a personal letter from General Li Chai-
sum. He also called on Mr. Li Yau-tsun and ir. Li Yik-
mui, Chairman and Vice-Chairman respectively of the
Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, with letters from
General Li.
Mr. Lam is a personal friend of General Li Chai-sum
who was his school-mate, and who once served under him
in the Chinese Army. About nine or ten years ago Mr. Lam served with Feng Yu-hsiang under General Chan Yi in Sze-
chuen, he and Feng holding similar rank. He also at one time served under General Hsu Shu-tseng ("Little Hsu")
who was assassinated near Peking about two years ago.
Mr. Lam met Sir Shouson Chow, Mr. Kotewall, Mr. Li
Yau-tsun and Mr. Li Yik-mui in Mr. Kotewall's office at
12.30 p.m. the same day. He said that General Li Chai- sum was very desirous of co-operating with Hong Kong in
matters conducive to the mutual interests of Canton and
Hong Kong, and that he hoped that the representatives of
the Chinese and the leading Chinese merchants in Hong Kong
would assist him in attaining this object. The two Chinese members of Council said that they would readily and gladly do so, and that they were sure that the Hong-
Kong Government would be equally ready and pleased to co- operate with Canton to promote trade between the two places, and even to assist Canton in the improvement and development
of its trade and industries, because the prosperity of
Hong Kong was bound up with that of Canton. Of course the Hong Kong Government could not assist any party of faction
in
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