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Sir M. Lampson, (Shanghai) 1429.
21st May
D.
11.50 a.m.
22nd May 1929.
R.
No.14. (R).
9.00 a.m.
22nd May 1929.
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IMPORTANT.
My telegram No.11, second paragraph.
Following is text of draft reply.
Begins
"I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of
Your Excellency's note of
in which
you are so good as to inform me with reference to question of disposal of balance of British share of Indcmnity of 1901, that "in the event of (here quote
note in fully.
I have the honour to inform Your Excellency that I duly communicated your note to His Majesty's Govern- ment, who have instructed me to inform you in reply that they will at once take steps to remit all pay- ments of her (? group omitted) in future to unfetter- ed control of National Government of China and that in due course, after the necessary legislation has been passed in Parliament, His Majesty's Government will transfer to the Chinese government the balance of deposited funds, after having set aside the two sums of £200,000 and £250,000 for University's China Committee and Hongkong University respectively."
Ends.
Addressed to Foreign Office No.14, repeated to
Feking and Hongkong.
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