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Telegram (en clair) from ir. Blunt (Canton).

No.4.

D.

R.

Saving.

September 13th 1938.

September 15th 1938.

September 23rd 1938.

hand).

Addressed to British Embassy, Shanghai, Savingram: 0.9 (By safe

Your telegram No. 1293 of August 27th to Foreign Office. My telegram No.172 of September 3rd. I again asked Mayor today whether he had heard from Dr. Kung at Chungking about Chinese Government approval. He replied no, but that he had consulted Dr. ung himself at Hongkong (in March last I understood?) and had received his unqualified approval of Transit Tax.

2. Nevertheless, with exchange as it was and railway transport also so difficult, he had for the present abandoned his idea of requesting permission from the Hongkong Government to open an office at Kowloon. At the moment but little revenue would be

derived from such an office. He would be glad if the matter might

be considered in abeyance. He thanked me for my good offices.

3. I suggest that Dr. Tung be asked in due course for a reply (see Chungking telegram No.49 paragraph 2) in case the question

revives.

4. I am informing Hongkong Chamber of Commerce in sense of

paragraph 2 above.

Repeated to Foreign Office savingram No. 4 (by air mail) Governor Hongkong, savingram ivo.7 (by safe hand) and to Chungking, savingram No.1 (by air mail).