CO129-521-13 Chinese Customs- proposed agreement with Hong Kong 27-8-1930 - 16-10-1930 — Page 378

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prejudice, a scheme that would meet their requirements

in the matter of dealing with smuggling in our waters.

He first of all would only agree on condition that the

scheme was sent to him first: it seemed, however, unwise

to attempt to put forward a scheme which he might easily

turn down; and I wrote to him privately again, therefore,

saying that I hoped he would adopt my personal view and

authorize Osborne to tell Lloyd what his requirements

were, and allow them to discuss informally a scheme for

dealing with them. I had a wire from Lampson, saying

that Maze had agreed to this, and I am grateful to

Lampson for his assistance. I saw Osborne and Lloyd

last Monday, with a view to rounding off any possible

corners and getting them on the right lines. They are

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going to it as soon as Osborne gets direct instructions

from Maze, which I hope will be this week. I trust that

this will lead to a settlement of the question, acceptable

to both sides.

I thought of sending a despatch in reply to the

C.O. telegram of the 23rd June, but thought that it would

be better to wait until I knew more about the above