CO129-526-15 Leased territories- boundaries and developments with maps and photographs 20-5-1930 - 9-1-1931 — Page 18

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My dear Grindle,

Many thanks for your letter of the 19th September, and the hints contained therein, regarding the League of Nations Commission. They will be very useful. I am glad to hear that the members appear to be reasonable people. I quite agree that it would certainly be fatal to attempt to keep them in blinkers, and I will see that nothing of the kind happens. I agree that it is rather awkward that the Chairman wishes to employ a "secret agent" but it cannot be helped. The danger, of course, is that he may get into wrong hands. People in the East, even more than in the West, are so often ready to give such a person the information that they think he would like to receive, regardless of its veracity. However, we will try and ensure that he gets reliable interpreters. It is a difficult question, and I am anxious as anyone to have the thing properly aired, and to obtain the best advice.

I have been - somewhat leisurely collecting a certain amount of information regarding the New Territories, in connection with the conversation you and I had with Wellesley, and am also getting some aerial photographs showing the development there. I

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