CO129-536-2 Recruitment of Chinese labourers for Samoa 26-5-1931 - 29-1-1932 — Page 29

In

any

further communication

on this subject, please quote

No.

W 9736/9736/52.

and address-

not to any person by name,

but to-

The Under-Secretary of State."

Foreign Office,

London, S.W.1.

Copy 7.0 only

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FOREIGN OFFICE.

S.W.1.

3rd September, 1931.

Sir,

I am directed by the Marquess of Reading to

transmit to you herewith a copy of a despatch which

he has received from His Majesty's Minister at Peking,

concerning a complaint made by the Chinese authorities

against a British firm in Hongkong, with regard to the

recruiting of Chinese labourers in China for Samoa.

2.

Lord Reading will be glad to receive in due course

any observations which Mr. Secretary Thomas may have to

offer on this case, before deciding what action should

be taken by Sir Miles Lampson as regards replying to

the Chinese authorities.

I am,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

Do.

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

A.W.A. Leeper