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CYPHER TELEGRAM from the Officer Administering the Government of
Hong Kong to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Dated 19th August,
1932.
(Received Colonial Office 3.40 p.n.
19th August, 1932)
Addressed to the Secretary of State for the Colonies No.174
repeated to Pekin, Nankin, Canton.
3. Your despatch of 8th July Confidential Chinese Consul.
As regards necessity for Chinese Vice Consul in connection
331 on 92645/32 with proposed introduction ofConsular invoices see my No. 13
Commissioner of Chinesa Maritime Customs geems
to offer obvious alternative and might serve to postpone wholly
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undesirable proposal forChinese Vice Consul Hong Kong.
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Objection to Chinese Consul at Hong Kong mentioned in your
C 29 on 61127 Mynd 2 on 48127/1 (Clementi's despatches of 25th July 1929 and 3rd January
1930 centimes in full force and if in deference to wider
Imperial interests involved Hong Kong is obliged to accept
5 on 71127/50 god. Chinese Consul (sae enclosure in your despatch of 25th April
1930 Secret) it is necessary to recognise that the work of
inevitably
Government of Hong Kong will/become more difficult.
In addition to views in Clementi's despatches I invite
special consideration of peculiar difficulty of Hong Kong owing
to disorganised state of Government of China. It would be difficult
enough to have to deal with Consular representative of United China
These difficulties will be intensified many times by frequent
state of opposition between Canton which now represents the whole
of south west of China and Nanking. Consul will be presumably nominee of Nanking. When/Canton there is opposition to Nanking
position of Hong Kong will become extremely difficult. It is
essential
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from Hong Kong's point of view to remain on good terms with de facto Government of Canton. Recent difficulty
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