CO129-507-9 Chinese Telegraph Office- Hong Kong- transfer to Cantonese control 4-1-1928 - 20-7-1928 — Page 147

In any further communication on this subject, please quote

No. 799/76/10

and address-

not to any person by name,

ut to-

"The Under-Secretary of State,"

Foreign Office,

London, S.W.1.

2016

RECEIVED

28 FEB 1928 COL. OFFICE

52740

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FOREIGN OFFICE.147

S.W.1.

25th February, 1928.

Sir,

With reference to Colonial Office letter

No. 52740/28 of the 13th instant regarding the

Hongkong office of the Chinese Telegraph Administration,

I am directed by Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain

to state that it appears to him desirable that

advantage should be taken of the opportunity afforded.

by the presence of His Majesty's Minister in South

China for direct discussion of the question between

him and the Governor of Hongkong.

2.

With this object the enclosed telegram has been

sent to Sir M. Lampson. On receipt or his reply, a

further communication will be addressed to your

department.

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

I am,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

William Strany