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also said that he had had an interview with His Excellency

the Governor of Hongkong which I subsequently ascertained

was not the

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In this connexion I have the honour to enclose copy

of a despatch from His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong

enclosing a report by Mr. Lai shun Fu, interpreter in the

Secretariat for Chinese Affairs, who apparently got in

touch with Mr. Brack in Hoagkong and accompanied him on

his visit to Canton unknown to the Colonial authorities.

5. I asked Mr. Frack what Chinese he was meeting in Canton

but he did not know any names and merely said that his

friends were arranging an interview that evening.

I

asked #r. Brack to get the visiting carde of the persons

present at the interview as I wanted to know who he was

meeting, which he promised to do, but when I saw Mr. Brack

again on the 3th the only name he could give ne use that

was

of Fr. hung Yuan-feng whom Fr. Frack evidently believed to

be connected with the 9th oute Army but who in fact is

attached to the Bureau for social ffair.

i

C. T gathered from "r. Erack that his neotiations had

not proceeded very far but he informed me that he was dining

with the Mayor of Canton that evening - I subsequently

ascertained that the dinner did not take place and that

he hoped to meet Marshal Chen Chi-tang.

7. #r. Brack called again on the 5th and asked if I

would give him a letter of introduction to Karshal Chen.

I had received your telegram 50.38 quoting the message from

the Prime Minister of Australia and this I brought to wr.

Frack's notice.

s I reported in my telegram 0.86, Mr. Frack professed

to be unable to understand why the telegram from the rime

Winister had been sent. He had never represented himself

to be an agent of the Australian Government but his visit

here was with the full knowledge and consent of the Minister

of