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(F 6607/5423/10)
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Code telegram to Mr. Ingram (Peking).
Foreign Office, September 9th 1932, 4.45 p.m.
No. 195. (R).
Chinese Legation were informed on September 3rd
that His Majesty's Government did not see the need for a
Chinese consular officer in Hongkong and it was suggested
that the Commissioner of Customs should issue invoices.
They replied yesterday that this was not possible, on
the ground that customs service regulations prevented it.
They proposed that Chinese government should send a
special official to Hongkong to do this work, and if this
was not acceptable that it should be done by Chinese
Chamber of Commerce or in last resort by an individual
Chinese resident recommended by government of Hongkong
and appointed by Chinese government.
under consideration.
The proposal is
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