CO129-507-9 Chinese Telegraph Office- Hong Kong- transfer to Cantonese control 4-1-1928 - 20-7-1928 — Page 97

Copy.

No.104.

Sir,

Enclosure No. 2.

97

H.B.M. Consulate-General,

Canton.

March 22nd, 1928.

To C.F.A. March 22nd.

With reference to Your Excellency's despatch

No.57 of the 20th March regarding the Chinese telegraph

office in Hong Kong, I have the honour to enclose a copy of

a letter which I have addressed on the subject to the

Commissioner for Foreign Affairs.

This letter was handed by Mr. Vice-Consul

Hell personally to Mr. Chu Chao-hsin today. Mr. Hall reinforced by verbal representations the points on which

Your Excellency lays stress and impressed on Mr. Chu the

necessity for secrecy as explained in the last paragraph of

your despatch. Mr. Chu stated that while he thoroughly

appreciated the advantages of secrecy, which he would make

every endeavour to preserve, at the same time he entertained little fear that Mr. Lau, with whom he was personally

acquainted, would act in the manner suggested.

With regard to the title to be given to the merchant taking charge of the Telegraph Office, Mr. Chu asserted that in an interview with Your Excellency it had

been agreed that this should be

K

His Excellency,

and not

as stated in the 3rd paragraph of your despatch under

reference. While Mr. Chu had no objection to the English

The Governor,

version

Hong Kong.