§ 23. Mr. TREVELYANasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Mr. O'Malley or Sir Miles Lampson are engaged in any further negotiations with the Cantonese or any other Government in China?
Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSONMr. O'Malley left Hankow on 2nd March to return to Peking to report to His Majesty's Minister. The Chinese Secretary of the Legation at Peking, who accompanied Mr. O'Malley to Hankow, remains there to attend to the execution of the details of the Hankow and Kiukiang concession agreements and to maintain contact with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Nationalist Government on behalf of His Majesty's Minister. Sir M. Lampson has opened conversations with the Peking Government in regard to the proposals communicated by him to Dr. Koo on 27th January, but the discussions have not advanced beyond questions of general principle.
§ Colonel WEDGWOODWould it be possible to have an English representative permanently stationed at Hankow with the Southern Government at the present time?
Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSONThat raises racier a larger question. I imagine that certainly for some little time we shall have a representative at Hankow.
§ Colonel WEDGWOODWill Sir Miles Lampson be there or English deputy?
Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSONWhen I said "the Chinese Secretary" he is not a Chinaman, but a member of the Legation.