CO129-542-3 Foreshore and Sea-bed Works Bill- correspondence 9-1-1933 - 16-8-1933 — Page 44

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Mr.

Mr.

Mr.

Cowell. 3.8.33.

Mr. Parkinson.

Mr. Tomlinson.

Sir C. Bottomley.

Sir J. Shuckburgh.

Permt. US of S.

Parly. U.S. of S.

Secretary of State.

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4/8/33

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11.8.33

HONG KONG.

CONFIDENTIAL.

GOVERNOR.

SH

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13717/1/33 Hong Kong.

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See (1)

53621/35 HKC.

Sir,

your

Downing Street, 16 August, 1933.

I have etc. to refer to

fonfidential despatch of

the 29th of March enclosing a

copy of a revised Foreshore

and Seabed Works Bill.

2.

I have received a number

Fr. 8.753 17th July 1933

277

вер

of protests against the

provisions of this Bill, and in

particular I enclose for your

information a copy of a letter

from wh, it will lu

from the Foreign Office, whe Seen wit un sus for f.A.

fears that a Bill of this nature

will have serious repercussions

in China, and who holds that if

if the Hong Kong Government could

achieve the end which they have

in view by the method of passing

a special Ordinance for each

2 drafts.

public