CO129-514-2 Mui Tsai system- suggested regulations and possible abolition 9-1-1929 - 16-5-1929 — Page 18

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Mr. Amery discussed this with Mr.Ormsby -

Gore and me this morning. He agrees that to

publish Sir C. Clementi's despatch now with no

corrections would give an altogether fal se impression of, to put it mildly, luke-warmness on the part of the Governor to the settled policy

of abolition of the status of mùi-tsai. But

Mr. Amery will be prepared to publish the despatch

eventually as part of a correspondence beginning

with say his telegram of 17th January. Of course

the exact beginning and end of the papers to be

published