CO129-507-9 Chinese Telegraph Office- Hong Kong- transfer to Cantonese control 4-1-1928 - 20-7-1928 — Page 138

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Enclosure No. 3.

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MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS,

PEKIN G.

26 November, 1927.

H. E. The Governor of Hong Kong,

Government House,

Hong Kong.

Your Excellency,

At the interview arranged between Your Excellency and Director-General Chiang of the Telegraph Department

and Associate Director-General of the same Department

relating to the change of Directorship of the Chinese

Telegraph Administration in Hong Kong proposed by the Ministry of Communications, two suggestions were made by

Your Excellency, which after a careful examination convince

this Ministry that they tend to violate an existing

Agreement.

With reference to the proposed change in the

Directorship of the Chinese Telegraph Administration in

Hong Kong, this Ministry regards it as an administrative

measure, the exercise of which is the unquestioned privilege

of this Ministry.

With a view to avoid misunderstanding and to act

in accordance with the Agreement this Ministry wishes to

bring to your notice the following points:

1.

Matters appertaining to the Agreement entered into

between the Eastern Extension Australasia and China

Telegraph Company and the Chinese Telegraph Administration

shall