CO129-524-4 Chinese Telegraph Office in Hong Kong 30-12-1929 - 9-12-1930 — Page 5

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zafeguards must be set up acoust the abuse of this very unusual fristege

In his dash of 17th Jany to

the FO. (in 2) commenting on the is,

KM. Minister stated (bara 3): "the Chinese

Goot. have now declared that

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when these agreements" ("the agreements

with the cable companies) "expire

they will not be renewed in their

kresent form

& it is practically

certain that whatever new

arrangements may

be neg stickad

between the Chinese cuthorities

e the Cable companies.... HIM.G. will not be in wited (and would,

I imagine, probably be unwilling)

to be in any sense ce

them.

harty to

If this is so I presume

that the Chinese Telegraff

Administration will ciftes Dec. 31st

next no longer have

any/