42. To Gov. Tel.
43.
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Tel.
44. Eov. Tel.
28.5.29
28.5.29
28-5-29 4
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Cawin by Chinese
Section
45. SN. Tel.
29.5.29
Suggests thy debt be bought in
chine & covered by
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to be given
assurances
Twho had way
Then seen No. 39
Some explanation of the action taken had
better be placed on record. As statea in my
Minute of the 27th May, I understood from Mr.
Gwatkin of the Foreign Office that they were
consulting us before telegraphing to Sir Miles
Lampson in reply to his telegrams in No. 38.
This was however a misunderstanding as Ir. Gwatkin
after consulting Mr. Ellis'on the point affecting
Y
us, that is, Hong Kong Universities allocation, -
sent off the telegram contained in No. 41. No. 41
was received and we saw what had happened and
that Sir M. Lampson was acting on the assumption that
Hong Kong's proposals would not be accepted, it was
thought that some explanation to Hong Kong was
desirable. It was felt here that it was quite
impossible to accept the proposal to defer the
decision on the general policy and the F. 0. simply
laughed at the idea. N. 42 was therefore sent
to explain the position to Sir C. Clementi.
The two new telegrams are being circulated
Sparaphrased as if any action is to be taken on
them to meet Hong Kong's wishes, it must be done
immediately
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