Correspondence
MSS. Ind. Ocn. s. 352 / 2 / 3
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Title
Correspondence
Shelfmark
MSS. Ind. Ocn. s. 352 / 2 / 3
Summary
Correspondence on the policy of the British Government towards Bolshevism in China; the continuing purge of leading members of the Canton Government by Chiang Kai shek, his withdrawal of financial support for the strikers, and his ambivalent attitude towards the Communists; the proposed resumption of negotiations to end the boycott, and the suggestion by the Canton Government that surtaxes be imposed on goods imported into Canton; Clementi's firm view that the British Government should give legal recognition to the Canton Government; reports on the military situation in China, relating mainly to Wu Pei fu and Chiang Kai shek; the question of relaxing the arms embargo in favour of anti Communist war lords; the recurrence of piracy in Bias Bay and the Canton Government's lack of action over the matter.
Correspondents include L.S. Amery, Sir Ronald Macleay, the Consul Generals of Canton and Shanghai, Dr. R.H. Kotewall, Eugene Chen, Colonel F. Hayley Bell, Commodore Stirling, Lt. Col. F.S. Montague Bates (OCT HK), and F. Mayer (American Legation in Peking).
Date
1 Jun-9 Aug 1926
Language
English
Physical extent
182 Leaves
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Collection contents
Hong Kong papers
Correspondence
Correspondence
