CO129-505-6 Chinese telegraph office at Hong Kong- transfer to Cantonese control 8-7-1927 - 29-12-1927 — Page 29

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the able Quaya nios, int that I would not say how it would

be received by the Hengkang mutbar itim, who were determinat

that the present state of attairs must come to a

A fow days later on zeptondor ra. Mr. Takana

Administration

Director Jeneral of the Chinono "lograph Admini müration (a

peat which he has held through all the politiɑmi vicissitud es

of recent years) came to see me by appointment to dimnes

thio matter. After a Lengthy somersation Mr. i

(who explakool that the reason they wore a minan to

to

ropinou isa Iku by Mr. ht the fores bod *# had

rendered no statement of see on ta for a long time and had

been guilty of other irregularities), oveœtmlly mdo

the following proposma ;

the Chinese Telegraph Administration

would ask the table Qumpmaisa te take over the runing

or the off toe tosporarily, while Mr. on though roanining

nomirally superintendent, wm34 3 save HongLong.

Iwaid thatIf only report the prol t

XM.Miniator, who in tra walk if he thought fit roport

to the foreign office in Lenda and inform His 200 1.1. er: ov

Severnor of Bmgkong. If any mak proosal

I karapoonl were natully

made it would here to be on the simar underetani ing tha

the able Deepa ed an wala hae ocuplets control »

also have to be some sort of working arra ngesezt between the

ashle Companies operating the Hongkong office and the

dant

authorition 400mt or traffic azahaped

with 腸 Be solution would be noceptable to the

Hongkong Authoritium which did not in the first plaas

neutralise the office and remove it frm the politionă sphere, and, in the second plnao, amet the gre lavame of the

dantonese that this off loe, widah conducted its babicmam

inly with ston, waa ocntrolled by their enemies in

anestes