CO129-504-13 Chinese situation- request from General Li Chai-sum for assistance in obtaining arms and ammunition 27-4-1927 - 6-10-1927 — Page 65

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I am etc. to refer to the

letter from this Dept. of the 4th May

enclosing a copy of telegraphic corres-

pondence with the Govr. of Hong kong

regarding a request from General

how in bowe

thousiatarer at Canton,

for assistance in obtaining arms and

ammunition, and to transmit to you, to

be laid before Secretary Sir Austen

Chamberlain the accompanying copy of

a further telegram from Sir C.Clementi,

dated 6th May, reporting that similar

overtures have been made to the Govr.

of Macao.

2.

General Li Chai-Sum has

al ready given evidence of his desire

to establish peaceful conditions in

Kwangtung, first by his recent action

in suppressing Communist agitators in

Canton