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In any further communication on

this subject, please quote

No. F 7617/4847/10.

and address,

but to--

not to any person by name,

"The Under-Secretary of State," Foreign Office,

London, S. W. 1.

15.

FOREIGN OFFICE.

S. W. 1.

19th July, 1938.

Sir,

(11) With reference to Colonial Office letter No. 53852/38

of the 14th July on the subject of the possibility of

negotiating with the Chinese Government for the sale to

the British Government of the New Territories of Hong Kong

or for an extension of the present lease, I am directed

by Viscount Halifax to inform you that he concurs in the

proposal to hold an interdepartmental meeting in the

near future to consider this matter.

I am,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

The Under-Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

R. E. Howe