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(F.2334/37/10).
To CHINA.
Cypher telegram to Sir M. Lampson (Nanking).
No.9.
Foreign Office, April 29th 1930. 7.30 p.m.
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Your telegram 121 (of April 22nd.
Hongkong
Customs Agreement). I agree to your discussing with
Maze as you propose instead of communication being sent
to him by Governor of Hongkong,
It is important that he should be kept content
not to take any drastic action pending a final decision
and it seems dangerous to have no communication with
him meanwhile.
For Governor of Hongkong's view about prevalence
of smuggling see his telegram to Colonial Office of
14th April. Important question appears to me and to
Colonial Office to be whether Chinese Maritime Customs
consider smuggling to be on a sufficient scale to
waxrant organisation of measures against Hongkong
traffic in order to protect revenue, If they do it
would seem from earlier experience of Customs "blockade"
of Hongkong that Colonial government would find it
worth while to come to an agreement to avoid
consequent loss to legitimate trade, end possibly even
organised boycott or other form of political disturbance
which would adversely affect British relations with
Grins generally.
Whether or not Hongkong could secure an
extraneous
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