CO129-521-13 Chinese Customs- proposed agreement with Hong Kong 27-8-1930 - 16-10-1930 — Page 335

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submitted by

the Inspector Tenual

1 the Chinese Maritimo

Customs

will the

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Nanking

this form

form of a draft Agreement.

rensed

Lord Passfield is telegraphing

approval of the precurs proposed by Sin A Perf

al

good relations between China/and

this country is of courue (ne which

must be borne prominently in mind in-

Cest

sse those relations should be

adversely affected by/a failure of the

Colonial Government kind the Chinese

Maritime Customs to come to any

agrəsment and by the serious local

friction which might be entailed by

such a failure. It is not however

in Lord Bassfield's view eithor

necessary of desirable at this stuge

to force por the Hong Kong Government

a concession to the Chinese Baritime

Customs which would be bitterly

1 resented in the Colony, and wonìà in

the opinion of the Governor and his

advisers with their local knowledge

end of the telegram. vis a vis a

this 1

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P.TO.

f Chinese officials and their practices

a visa thmese popufection

ko sause of-constant serious

friction