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 18

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Government Horse.

and when both of us consider it to be desirable.

But what I press for now, as strongly as I possibly

can, is that both the British Kinister and his

Chinese Secretary should come to Hong Kong at

frequent intervals, not less than once a year, and

familiarize themselves with conditions in southern

China and in this Colony by personal visits. Hong

Kong is our most valuable asset on the China coast,

and the Hong Kong situation ought, therefore, to

be studied at first hand by the British Legation in

China, while the presence of the Minister and his

Chinese Secretary in this Colony would be invaluable

for the purpose of instructing prominent British

and Ühine se merchants in Hong Kong as to the Anglo-

Chinese policy pursued by His Majesty's Government.

I ala,

Yours sincerely,

处

The Right Honourable Lord Passfield,

&c., &c., &c.