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1 enclosure

No.152

(and 1 copy)

Mr. Brenan to Sir Miles Lampson.

Copies to:- F. 0. No.103

Hong Kong Ho.351

Sir,

H.B.M. Consulate General,

Canton.

September 3rd, 1927.

Mr. Wai Yuk September 2nd.

In confirmation of my telegram No.75

of the 2nd September, I have the honour to enclose

a copy of the semi official letter which I have

received from Mr. Wai Yuk, the Secretary in charge of the Canton Foreign Office, on the subject of the Chinese telegraph Office in Hong Kong.

will be seen that General Li Chai-sum declines

It

to take over the charge of this office unless it

can remain in Hong Kong under the control of the

Nationalist Government.

2.

On the receipt of your telegram No.394

of the 29th July, I called on Mr. Hu Chun-lin and

Mr. Wai Yuk at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs

and informed them that if the Canton Government

would ask for the removal of the telegraph Office

to Chinese territory, the request would be com-

plied with, and it would be handed over to their control. Kr. Hu admitted that he had previously concurred in this suggestion, as reported in my

despatch No.98 of the 10th June, but said that

he subsequently consulted with the members of

the Government, who had objected that if the

Peking

His Majesty's Minister,

PEKING.