CO129-566-3 Canton-Kowloon Railway 4-4-1938 - 20-1-1939 — Page 64

Telephone No. : WHITEHALL 1234.

RECEIVED

Any reply to this letter should be addressed to—JUN 19:

NATIONAL

SCHEM

THE SECRETARY,

TREASURY,

WHITEHALL, LONDON, S.W.1.

and the following number quoted :

F.15539.

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TREASURY CHAMBERS.

8th June, 1938.

TO DEPARTMEN”

D0%

OPY GL

Sir,

I have laid before the Lords Commissioners of His

Majesty's Treasury Mr. Cowell's letter of the 1st instant

5 (53510/38) and the enclosed copy of a telegram from the

Governor of Hong Kong relative to a request from the

Canton Kowloon Railway for a loan from the British Section

of the Railway.

In reply My Lords direct me to request you to

inform the Secretary of State for the Colonies that They

agree generally with the views of the Government of

Hong Kong, and-subject to the concurrence of the Foreign

Office (to whom a copy of this letter is being sent)- They

think that it would be enough to show goodwill towards the

Chinese Government if the British Section expressed their

willingness to pay over to a bank, on receipt of an

irrevocable request from the Chinese Section, such part

of

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.