CO129-531-15 Chinese customs- proposed agreement with Hong Kong 9-7-1931 - 17-1-1932 — Page 54

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In any further communication

on this subject, please quote

No. F 2734/29/10

d address-

not to any person by name,

but to-

The Under-Secretary of State,"

Foreign Office,

London, S.W.1.

Sir,

15

RECEIVES

16JUN 1931

OOL.OFFICE

FOREIGN OFFICE.

S.V.1.

15th June, 1931.

54

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I am directed by Mr. Secretary Henderson to

refer to your letter No. 82755/31 of the 18th May on the

subject of the amendments to the draft of the proposed

Hongkong-China Customs Agreement.

2. I am to suggest that in the list of amendments

enclosed in your letter under reference "Line 1;" should

be inserted after Article 6, Article 8, Article 9,

Article 10 and Article 11, and in the draft despatch the

first sentence of paragraph 3 (1) should read "As the

"agreement will create international obligations between

the Government of China and the Government of the United

"Kingdom in respect of Hongkong it must take the form of an

"intergovernmental agreement and consequently be signed

"etc. etc."

Subject to these amendments Mr. Henderson

concurs in the terms of the draft despatch and enclosure

which Lord Passfield proposes to address to the Governor

of Hongkong.

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

I am,

sir,

Your obedient Servant,

ho.ande