CO129-564-5 Possible removal of Chinese Government Bank's headquarters to Hong Kong 31-8-1937 - 27-11-1937 — Page 23

COPY OF CABLE TO MR.ROGERS

FROM BANK OF ENGLAND, DATED 30TH AUGUST 1937

Confidential

23

Your cable of 28th August

your paragraph No.3.

We are not quite clear regarding

Have you in mind

(a) that head offices of Chinese Government banks should be

formally transferred to Hongkong or

rred

(b) that head offices be formally transferred to Canton, most

operations being, however, carried out through medium

of branches in Hongkong?