ENCLOSURE No.6.
Mr. Brenan to Sir Miles Lampson,
.3.1. Consulate General.
Canton.
No. 105.
(and 1 copy)
Copies to:~
3.0. No.66.
Hongkong No. 290.
Shanghai.
Swatow.
G.O.C. Hongkong.
Sir,
July 7th, 1928.
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Mr. Yamazaki, the local manager of the
Japanese Mitsui Bussan Kaisha has informed me privately
that the Canton Government is about to enter into a
contract with the German firm of Siomson and Company for
the erection of forty-eight wireless stations in this
This was confirmed to me in conversation
province.
by the Commissioner for Foreign Affairs, who did not
know the details, but stated that the matter had been
arranged by Wu Te-chen the late head of the Bur eau of
Reconstruction, a department which appears to fulfil
locally the functions of the Ministry of Communications.
2.
According to lir. Yamazaki, the stations are
only for short range communications and are merely
intended to bring the outlying parts of the province
into closer touch with the capital.
The station at
Canton
His Majesty's Minister,
Peking.
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