CO129-524-4 Chinese Telegraph Office in Hong Kong 30-12-1929 - 9-12-1930 — Page 35

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I imagined that Hong Kong's answer would be that they

would only let the Chinese Telegraph Superintendent remain

on the terms they had already stated, namely, no political

activities, nominee to be approved by them first, and so on.

Mr Procter begged that H. H. Minister would telegraph to

anquire, for the information of the Cable Companies in

their negotiations with the Chinese Telegraph Adminsitra-

tion, how this matter would stand after 1930. He agreed,

at my suggestion, not to raise the point at the joint

interview to-morrow, seeing that the matter was one prima-

rily concerning H. M. Government alone (to the exclusion

of the Danes),

E. T.