CO129-501-3 Chinese situation- Protection of British subjects of Chinese race 23-10-1926 - 21-12-1927 — Page 153

Paraphrase Telegram from the Secretary of State

for the Colonies to the Governor of Hong Kong.

Sent 8.30 p.m., 27th January, 1927.

154

Your telegram 22nd January. As regards recog-

nition of Nationalist Government please see Foreign

Office telegram to Peking No.424 to which it does not

seem possible to add anything.

With reference to Foreign Office telegram No.36,

your valuable observations are much appreciated by His

Majesty's Government but they do not feel able to answer

in detail as all questions of detail must depend on pro-

gress of negotiations in accordance with general policy

which has been amounced. Full consideration hasbeen

and will be given to all the points which you raise, and

you will, I am sure, realise that the utmost will continue

to be done by His Majesty's Government to conserve all

reasonable rights and privileges of British subjects in

the very difficult circumstances. They fully appreciate

in particular, the importance of question of Anglo-Chinese

and a reasonable arrangement will, it is hoped, be come to

about the Chinese law of nationality somewhat on the

lines you suggest.

AMERY.