CO129-524-4 Chinese Telegraph Office in Hong Kong 30-12-1929 - 9-12-1930 — Page 72

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to tell him that he should not make any attempt to obtain

forcible possession of the office without our consent, as

that would only make trouble. He asked me in the course

of the conversation if the application for the consent of

this Government was a purely formal matter. I said it was not

and I reminded him that this Government had always requested

that a commercial man with a knowledge of business should

be appointed as Superintendent. In conclusion, I

told him that I was not in a position to take action in the

matter at the present moment, pending receipt of a reply

from the Minister.

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