CO129-546-8 Revision of Kowloon Canton Railway Agreement 11-12-1933 - 4-12-1934 — Page 113

No. 76 (7/82/1934)

Copy to:

Hongkong

No. 2

Canton

Com,Counsellor 28

sir,

BRITISH SUB-LEGATION,

NANKING,

2nd lay, 1934.

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With reference to your despatch No.453 (9/19D/34)

of April 23rd, I have the honour to report that, in the

absence of Mr. Holman, I handed yesterday to Mr. Hau šo,

the Vics Linister for Foreign Affairs, the memorandum

regarding the revision of the Canton-Kowloon Railway Work-

ing »greement, which formed an enclosure in your despot ch

under ref era os.

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2. As directed, I thereupon added that the Hongkong

Government delegates would be ready to open negotiations

at any time after April 21st sad therefore in feet were

already ready but that the Hongkong Government had not

yet received any official intimation from the Chinese side

of any desire to proceed or even as to the final consti-

tution of the Chinese delegation. I further added that

you suggested the desirability that the Waichin opu should

arrange that the finel constitution of the Chinese dale-

getion, ineluding the memes of the representatives of the

Kwangtung Government, should be communion ted to the Hongkong

Government without delry.

3. Mr. Hau No seemed to think the same. He said that

he had not followed this question recently, but would now

speak to the Minister of ñmilways, Kr. Xu Mang-yü, personelly,

I have the honour to be,

3ir.

Your most obedient, humble servant,

Sir Alexander Cadogan, K.C.M.G., C.B.,

His lejesty's Minister,

PEKIN G.

(Signed) A. P. BLUNT.