CO129-507-9 Chinese Telegraph Office- Hong Kong- transfer to Cantonese control 4-1-1928 - 20-7-1928 — Page 16

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No.37 explains more fully Sir C. Clementi's

version of the matter. I still, however, find

it hard to believe that when he wrote that the

Eastern Telegraph Company should assume control

under a working arrangement with Canton he

meant that the Cantonese should be allowed to

nominate an agent to control the Office.

It

is difficult to say what part the Eastern Telegraph

Company would play in such an arrangement.

However, owing to a fortunate dispute about the

Chinese version of the proposed agent's title

the arrangement never came into force and the

present position seems to be that the telegraph

is not working at all and Sir C. Clementi hopes

that with the development of the wireless

communication the question can be solved by

abandoning the telegraph system altogether.

There is a further despatch on the way, (see No.

34), which will give the latest information.

In the meanwhile, ? duplicate to F.O., L.F.

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