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Mr. Martin 2

Mr. Gent.

228/10/29

29 or Ellis 29

Mr. Bottomley.

Sir E. Harding.

Sir J. Shuckburgh.

Sir G. Grindle.

Sir C. Davis.

Sir S. Wilson. Mr. Lunn

Mr-Ormsby-Gore.

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Mr. Ponsonby

Lord-Losat.

Lord Passfield.

Ma -- A 1.04 Y.

62921/29 Hong Kong.

Downing Street,

October, 1929.

Quarto for Mr. Ellis.

لمه IN

Dear Gwatkin,

With reference to your

(2)

DRAFT.

conson.

letter of the 25th of October about

F.T.A. ASHTON GWATKIN, ESQ.

FOREIGN OFFICE.

the construction of the port of

Whampoa, please see our official

letter of today which covers despatches

from the Governor of Hong Kong regard-

ing his conversation with Mr. Choy.

I am afraid that we can

hold out no hope of Hong Kong being

in a position to finance the work at

Whampoa, even in exchange for its

cherished project fr a loop-line

2 drafts.

connecting the two Canton railways.

The

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