CO129-518-9 The Mui-Tsai question- printed papers relating to the system 20-9-1929 - 1-11-1929 — Page 57

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2 OCT1923

Pelegram from the Officer Administering the Government of

Hong Kong to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.

Dated 22nd October, 1929.

(Received Colonial Office 11.40 a.m. 22nd October, 1929.)

93

Confidential Your telegram 19th October. Confidential Muitsai.

I conpur in the omissions suggested by the Foreign Office and in

the marking of the omissions by asterisks. In Clementis absence

I do not care to amend his despatch I recommend further omission

as follows: (a) my despatch 6th March 1923 Confidential paragraph

3 omitting the last sentence "Mr. Pollock" down to "incomprehensible"

and paragraph 4 words "Even if Mr. Pollock's reason(s) had been

comprehensible".

(b) My despatch 16th May 1929 paragraph 5 suggest omitting

words "The Chinese writer at" and substitution of the words "An

informant of "paragraph 7 omitting words from "Mr.Lokanichak" to

"Chinese affairs" and substitute the words "a trusted informant".

Are you proposing to publish annexure to the despatches in full.

If so I recommend omission as follows: (a) My despatch 22nd February

1929 omitting the whole of the second enclosure as the descriptions

are not part of the original newspaper article. Omitting the whole

enclosure No. 5 Chinese characters.

(b) Enclosure to No. 2 omitting Chinese text extracts from

Chinese Criminal Code.

Shall be glad to have earliest possible reply as to whether

enclosures are to be published.

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