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10 March 1930
Fr.0.5.0.24.2.30.
31r,
with reference to your letter No.F.5640/57/10
of the 14th November, 1929, and connected corresponderne
on the subject of the Boxer Indemnity Punds, I am
directed by Lord Fassfield to transmit to you the
accompanying copy of a telegram from the officer
Administering the Government of Hong Kong concerning
the quastion of utilising Indemnity funds for the
construction of a loop line to connect the Canton-
Hankow and the Canton-Kowloon kailways.
2.
The Secretary of State is inclined to agree
with the opinion expressed in paragraph 4 of your
letter under reference that the building of the
loop line should be left entirely to the decision of
the Chinese, and he does not wish to press for
specific mention of this project in connection with
the Indemnity
3. I am to enquire in connection with
THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE,
PORSIGN OPPIJS.
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