893.102 Ku/26: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Chargé in China ( Gauss )

365. Reference Legation’s telegram 525, November 15, 5 p.m. and despatch 3034, October 12,30 in regard to the proposed change in the [Page 617] status of Kuling. The Department in mail instruction 1508, November 16,31 approved the Legation’s instruction under date October 12 to Hankow which was enclosed with Legation’s despatch to the Department of that date. The Department desires that the Legation authorize the Consul at Hankow to concur in the conclusion of the agreement and perceives no objection, subject to the concurrence of other interested consular representatives, to making the agreement a purely Sino-British one.32

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  1. Despatch not printed.
  2. Not printed.
  3. Rendition of the Kuling Estate to China took place on January 1, 1936.