J.
In any further communication on this subject, please quote
No. F 2195/1515/10.
and address-→→→
not to any person by name
but to-
"The Under-Secretary of State,"
Foreign Office,
Amed (11)
London, S.W.1.
Sir,
(4)
D
RECE.
12 MAR 1939
0.0.REGX
FOREIGN OFFICE.
S.W.1.
16th March, 1939.
With reference to Mr. Cowell's semi-official
letter to Mr. Ronald No. 53852/39 of the 14th February I
am directed by Viscount Halifax to transmit to you herewith
a copy of a telegram which was recently addressed by the
Diplomatic Mission at Chungking to His Majesty's
Ambassador at Shanghai on the subject of a possible
extension of the lease of the new territories in Hong
Kong.
2. Subject to any observations which Mr. Secretary Macdonald may desire to make, Lord Halifax proposes to
inform Sir Archibald Clark Kerr that this matter has
recently received full consideration here and that, while
the possibility of taking up the subject with the Chinese
authorities will be borne in mind, he has reached the
conclusion that the proposal cannot with advantage be taken
further at the present time.
3. Copies of this letter are being sent to the Board of Trade and Admiralty.
I am,
Sir,
The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
Your obedient Servant,
лавало
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.