CO129-524-4 Chinese Telegraph Office in Hong Kong 30-12-1929 - 9-12-1930 — Page 57

Copy.

(F_1333/325/10).

No. 70 (16/7F)

Cops to

Houekong,

Mr. Aveling,

Canton.

sir,

BRITISH LEGATION,

PEKINA.

17th January, 1930.

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In paragraph 5 of his despatch No. 80 of

November 18th (a copy of which was transmitted in

my despatch Number 10 of January 3rd) Sir Cecil Clementi

refers to the report that the Chinese authorities are

proposing to take over the interests in Chine of the

Great Northern and Eastern "xtension Telerraph Companies

and raises the question of the eventual effoot of any

such action on the position of the Chinese Telegraph

office in Hong Kong •

2.

As regards the intentions of the Chinese

Government in this matter, I have the honour to refer

to Sir Viles Lempaun's despaton Number 1869 of December

30th. According to an official report the committee

referred to in paragraph 2 of that despatch decided

at its first meeting on December 19th to notify the

Cable Companies of the intention of the Ministry of

Communications to terminate their contracts on January

1st, 1931.

3.

The right of the Chinese Telegraph Administra-

tion to maintain an office in Hong Kong dependa on their

Agreement of January 21st, 1984 with the Eastern Exten-

alon Telegraph Company which wes renewed by the Agree-

ment of July 11th, 1896, between the same parties and

The Right Honourable

Arthur Henderson, X. 7.,

etc., etc.,

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FOREION OFFICE.

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