CO129-524-4 Chinese Telegraph Office in Hong Kong 30-12-1929 - 9-12-1930 — Page 63

تم

COFT.

No. 60.

E.CF,

SECRET.

sir,

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG KONG

18 th. November 1929.

63

alread, read in

114) on 62852/29

Ancl.No.1

Encl.No.2.

In continuation of my secret despatch to

you, dated the 27th. of September, 1929, and with

reference to your memorandum, dated the 30th. of

October 1929, I have the honour to enclose

translation of a letter, dated the 26th. of September,

1929, addressed to me by Mr. Lu Chih-yun (Luk Chà-wan),

who, you will observe, signs himself as "Commissioner

of the Telegraph Office, Hong Kong". In this

letter Mr. Lu remarks, with what I can only call

effrontery in view of the circumstances of the case:-

"Now I propose to take over charge of the office on

the lst. October, and I send you this letter, hoping

that you will put it on record". I enclose also

copy of a letter, dated the 5th. of October, 1929

which I caused to be sent to Mr. Iu by the

Colonial Secretary, informing him in reply to his

communication that I was not prepared to allow the

office of the Chinese Telegraph Administration in

this Colony to be taken over by anyone, whose name

had not been put forward by the Chinese Government

through the regular diplomatic channels and

formally approved by me,

His Britannic Majesty's Minister,

PEKING.

/ 2.