INKEDIATE
53838/24/38.
CONFIDENTIAL
sir,
169
3
30 Harch, 1936.
I am directed by Mr.Secretary Ormsby Gore to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the
25th March F.2902/279/10 forwarding a copy of a
telegram from His Majesty's Ambassador in China
regarding preparations which are being made by the
Chinese authorities to destroy the property of the
Canton Kowloon Railway in case of emergency.
2. I am to request you to inform Viscount Halifax
that, subject to any local considerations on which
the Governor of liong kong may wish to offer observations
the Secretary of State sees no objection to
His Majesty's Consul General at Canton entering into
discussions with the local Chinese authorities with a
view to effecting arrangements by which, in case of
emergency, as much as possible of the rolling stock
THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE,
FOREIGN OFFICE.
and
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