PARAPHRASE TELEGRAM from the Governor of Hong Kong to the
Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Dated 14th November.
(Received, Colonial Office, 11.0 a.m., 14th November, 1929)
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No.14 of 14th November.
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My telegram unnumbered of November 9th. Chinese customs Agreement.
A further conference was held to-day attended by Mo88.
amendments have been made in the draft, which has been reprinted
and will be sent to you and to Sir Miles Lampson by mail.
Amended draft is accepted in principle by British and Chinese merchants in Hong Kong but they are emphatically opposed
either to deletion of Article 5 of to its modification to the
extent of limiting inland water privileges to Hong Kong Chinese- flag vessels. It is agreed however that the privileges of Article
should be limited to the provinces of Kuang-si and Kwangtung. 5 ex-to-it-modification-to-the-extent-of-limiting
I concur in these views.
Addressed to Pecretary of State for the Colonies unnumbered telegra of the 14th November. Repeated to His
Majesty's Minister at Peking.
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