CO129-507-9 Chinese Telegraph Office- Hong Kong- transfer to Cantonese control 4-1-1928 - 20-7-1928 — Page 144

In any further communication

this subject, please quote

No. F 1052/76/10.

and address--

not to any person by name,

but to-

"The Under-Secretary of State,”

Foreign Office,

London, S,W.1.

Sir,

52700

21.

1444

FOREIGN OFFICE.

S.W. 1.

9th March, 1928.

OFFI

હો.

(18)

With reference to Colonial Office letter No. 52740/28

of the 29th ultimo, I am directed by Secretary Sir Austen

Chamberlain to state that, in view of Sir M. Lampson's

expression of agreement contained in the enclosed telegram,

he concurs in the recommendation of the Governor of Hongkong

that the Chinese Telegraph Office in the Colony should be

closed.

2. Copy of a telegram to His Majesty's Representative at

Peking on this subject is enclosed herewith.

I am

Sir,

Your obedient Servant

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

Ganga Murinsey