CO129-521-13 Chinese Customs- proposed agreement with Hong Kong 27-8-1930 - 16-10-1930 — Page 49

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C.W. ORDE, ESQ.,

FOREIGN OFFICE.

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:

Dear Orde,

Robinson has shown to me

your letter to him of the 26th of

September (F 4699/37/10) about the

Hong Kong-China Customs Agreement

negotiations.

We see from Lampson's

telegram No. 543 of the 27th August

that he does not share the Foreign

Office anxiety about the consequences

if Hong Kong fails to come to an

immediate agreement with the Chinese

Maritime Customs and that he does not

see any reason "why such failure

should lead to an agitation for the

recovery