CO129-542-12 Smuggling from Hong Kong into China 21-1-1933 - 21-8-1933 — Page 2

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The Governor's despatch of the 23rd

December (2) appears to put this matter of smuggling from Hong Kong in its proper prospective. Apart from the major question of signature

the

of the wanaand draft Customs Agreement with China, which has no doubt been discussed with Mr. Maze.(see

(14) on 92702/32) and about which we may expect

to hear further from Hong Kong in due course, matter in dispute between the Hong Kong Government and the shipping companies(whom we can regard as represented in this country by John Swire and Sons 4) is the extent to which the Hong Kong Government should

intervene