CO129-572-2 David Kung- activities in Hong Kong for Chinese Minister of Finance 29-12-1937 - 29-12-1937 — Page 4

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Saet

In any further communication

on this subject, please quote

No.

F 11751/110/10.

and address-

not to any person by name

but to-

C

The Under-Secretary of State,"

Foreign Office,

London, S. W.1.

REC..

Sir,

FOREIGN OFFICE.

S.W.1.

C - JAN 1038

C

5th January, 1938.

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I am directed by Mr. Neville Chamberlain to

transmit to you herewith, to be laid before the Secretary

of State for the Colonies, a copy of a telegram which he

has received from His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at

Shanghai regarding the activities of Mr. David Kung at

Hong Kong, Mr. Chamberlain shares Mr. Howe's apprehensions

and desires to support his suggestion that the Governor of

Hong Kong should take an early opportunity to speak to

Mr. Kung in the sense proposed.

I am,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

Gw.Onde

The Under-Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

Page

F11751/10/10

NO DISTRIBUTION.

Decypner.

Mr. Howe (manghai).

D.

/T.

6.10 p.m.

29th December, 1937.

29th December, 1957.

29th December, 1937.

No. 803.

5 END

Hongkong

From confidential information supplied by customs it

appears that Mr. David Kung's activitics in Hongkong are not confined to operating of Central Trust. he appears to be acting as a liaison officer for Chinese Minister of Finance and is using Kowloon Commissioner of Cussons to collect

information. This sort of activity may embarrass Hongkong

Government and I suggest Governor take an early opportunity of

asking David kung mat is the nature of his activities in

Hongkong and of telling him ii necessary that he cannot

countenance establishment of any branch of Chinese Ministry of

Finance in Hongkong under mask of Central Trust or any similar

organisation.

Addressed to Foreign Office.

Mission Hankow, Saving to Peking.

Repeated to Hongkong, Tokyo,

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