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

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Cable Cory's agreement.

13.6-30

Chinese abrogation of

In his das f of 18 Now 1929 to Pakking

(coby enclosed in 1) Sis C. Clementi wrote

altogether

(here 5): "It is akady

anomalous that a

Welegraph office in a British Colony should be managed by a Chinese sexporntendent affomted by the Chinese Goot, and we look forward to the time, as we hope not far distant, on this Chinese tilewath

office in HK, may be closed down

altogether".

He went on

was

the case,

to say that if it wo

as reported, that the Chinese Ministry of

communications

interests

>

of the

was to take over ble

two cable companies in 1930

British interests being extinguushed, the

raison d'être for tolerating a Chinese Telegraph

office wtf.k. might discipfear. If, for the sake

f

а

British interests outside HK., it should be necessary to continue to recognize a Chinese aufcommtendent of the belgroth officis all possible