Correspondence
MSS. Ind. Ocn. s. 352 / 8 / 5
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Title
Correspondence
Shelfmark
MSS. Ind. Ocn. s. 352 / 8 / 5
Summary
Correspondence on the searching of vessels at Swatow; incident involving the S.S. Lungshan, fired upon by Chinese soldiers on Dane Island; collapse of the Hankow Government and declaration of martial law; withdrawal of Newton from Hankow; an interview by the foreign press in Canton with Lai Lien, Acting Director of the Political Department of the Chinese Nationalist Revolutionary Armies; despatch which accompanied photographs relating to the Shamien Shakee incident (1925); progress of the civil war; the Pan-Pacific Labour Conference; Foreign Office refusal to give aid to Chang Tso-lin; request by the Macao Government for military aid from Hong Kong in the event of emergency; naval policy in China; negotiations over the Nanking incident.
Correspondents include L.S. Amery, Sir Miles Lampson, the Consul Generals at Swatow, Canton, Hankow, O'Malley at Peking, the Naval Commander in Chief at Henkoo, and Major F.C. Roberts.
Date
15-24 May 1927
Language
English
Physical extent
100 Leaves
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Collection contents
Hong Kong papers
Correspondence
Correspondence
