File No. 841.731/33

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain ( Page )

[Telegram]

269. Department has received telegram from American Minister in Peking stating that the colonel commanding China expedition, United States Army, reports that his official telegrams to the commanding general, Philippine Department, have been held by the Hongkong censorship. You will request the Foreign Office to give such orders to the Hongkong authorities as will avoid the repetition of such an occurrence in the future.

Bryan