CO129-557-2 British Empire and China Trade Fair 4-3-1936 - 24-6-1936 — Page 11

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STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.

Department OF OVERSEAS TRADE,

35, Old Queen Street, S.W.L.

16th June, 1936.

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& dear Shuckburgh,

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With reference to your confidential letter

of the 8th June on the subject of the British

Empire and China Trade Fair, I had a talk with Sir

Malcolm Robertson this afternoon and conveyed to

him in the strictest confidence the information

contained in Sir Andrew Caldecott's letter of the

13th May. Sir Malcolm was very grateful for the

information but he thought that it would be

unnecessary to take any further action as far as

he himself was concerned.

Mrs. Beatrice Thompson is now on her way back

to Hong Kong and is due to arrive there during the next

week or so. Nothing appears to have been done in

England since her departure and it seems unlikely that

she will have been able to secure many more exhibits by

the 30th June when the time limit has been reached.

Sir Malcolm Robertson considered that the political

situation which has developed in China and the threat

Sir John Shuckburgh, K.C.M.G., C.B.

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