CO129-524-4 Chinese Telegraph Office in Hong Kong 30-12-1929 - 9-12-1930 — Page 75

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In a Note dated October 18th. 1929 His Excellency

the Minister for Foreign Affaire referred to the ques-

tion of the Chinese Telegraph Office in Hong Kong and

requested that His Majesty's Minister would move the

Government of the Colony to accord permission to Mr.

Lu Chih-yan to take up the post of Superintendent of

the Office for which he had been nominated by the Minis-

try of Communications.

Unfortunately a certain misunderstanding appears

to have arisen in this connection in that in August last

the Governor of the Colony had expressed doubts sa to

the suitability of Kr. "Lu for this post which he de-

sired should be removed before he gave his approval to

the appointment.

Sir Cecil Clementi has again been consulted in th

matter and it appears that the position of the Hong Kon

Government is as follows:

The grant of permission to an organ of a foreign

Government to function in the Colony has always been re

garded as a special concession based on the friendly r

lations existing between the Chinese and Hong Kong Go-

vernments; and the latter naturally assume that the ap

pointmant or the Superintendent of the office should

receive their prior approval. The Government of the

Colony have been disturbed in the past by political 11

trigues connected with this post and in pursuance of

/ their