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THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
30011/1927 Hong Kong
SIR AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN, K.G.
Downing Street,
5 147
| February, 1927
For Secretary of State's signature.
My Dear Audi
You will remember that on
the 26th of November I drew your atten-
tion to a despatch from Clementi in
which he strongly criticised the proposals
for the disposal of the Boxer indemnity.
On the 15th of December I circulated '
fo for tel 5 Feb (1)
his despatch with a covering memorandum
to the Cabinet. I have now received
a further telegram from him in which he
emphasises the impossibility of proceed-
ing at this juncture to constitute a
Board of Trustees in China, and suggests
as a solution of the difficulty that
further collection of the indemnity
should be suspended, the balance already
in the Bank being devoted to objects of
mutual benefit to China and Hong Kong.
I must say that I strongly
sympathise
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