CO129-540-13 Proposal by Chinese Government to establish vice-consulate in Hong Kong 6-6-1932 - 30-12-1932 — Page 78

In any further communication on this subject, please quote

No.

F 6792/5423/10

and address-

not to any person by name,

but to-

"The Under-Secretary of State,"

Foreign Office,

10

London, S.W.1.

Sir,

HK

RECEIVED

Ą

22SEP 1932

COL. OFFICE

FOREIGN OFFICE.

S.W.1.

21

21st September, 1932.

With reference to Foreign Office letter No. F 6607/

5423/10 of the 9th September, I am directed by Secretary

Sir John Simon to transmit to you herewith copies of two

telegrams from His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Peking

regarding the arrangements suggested by the Chinese

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authorities for the issue of consular invoices at Hongkong.

2.

The statement reported in the last sentence of

Mr. Ingram's telegram No. 691 was no doubt based upon a

misleading report from the First Secretary of the Chinese

Legation, who appears to have misunderstood the position.

As will be seen from the account of his interview at the

Foreign Office contained in Foreign Office letter under

reference no suggestion of this kind was made to Mr. Tan.

I am,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

Cw. Orde

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.