CO129-521-13 Chinese Customs- proposed agreement with Hong Kong 27-8-1930 - 16-10-1930 — Page 496

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3.

The Secretary of State is greatly relieved to

learn that there is a prospect of agreement with the

Chinese Government on the lines described in the telegram

from the Governor of Hongkong enclosed in your letter.

If, however, an agreement on these lines is not reached,

he still feels, notwithstanding Sir Miles Lampson's

opinion, serious misgivings, on grounds both of the

immediate and of the ultimate interests of Hongkong, as

to the wisdom of refusing to conclude an agreement on the

lines previously suggested by the Chinese Government.

I am

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

(Sd.) Douglas Mac Killop.