CO129-518-3 Proposals to hold periodical conferences between principal British authorities in China- and the government in... 13-8-1929 - 31-12-1929 — Page 13

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31 December, 1929.

DRAFT.

W.H.M. SELBY, ESQ.,C.B., C.V.O.

(FOREIGN OFFICE).

1st November (18)

and encls.

(11)

I enclose a copy of a

private letter addressed to Lord

Passfield by the Governor of Hong

Kong regarding the proposal that

periodical

period conferences should be

arranged between the principal

British authorities in China. (See your letter

No. F 4757/4216/10 of the 21st

September) aotixalexenas,

Lord Passfield feels tha

liaison

the whole question of the relation

the Government of

between Hong Kong and His Majesty's

Minister is one which, on the Hong

Kong side at any rate, is certain

to increase in importance,

especially as the abolition of

extra-territoriality must tend to

drive