CO129-539-13 Proposed transfer of Government Wireless Service to Imperial and International Communications Ltd. 11-4-1932 - 17-6-1933 — Page 148

between Japan and Hongkong.

Taken by surprise and failing

to be convinced of the reason being sufficient to come to

such a decision, the Japanese Ministry wired back, asking

for the matter to be given favourable reconsideration and

suggesting that it was prepared to agree to discontinue

the service in case any unforeseen difficulty might arise

in the future. As a reply to the above the Government of

Hongkong stated that they were not in a position to accede

to the request for the reason that all traffic chains were

then controlled by the Advisory Board in London which was

considering the problem in general.

Thus, as far as the local authorities were

concerned, the negotiation was virtually brought to a

standstill and promised no progress to ard a staisfactory

solution of the question.

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