(3)_The Nationalist Ministry of Communications is fully aware of the difficulties which ing the postal service at the pre-' Desislan ie facing in administer sent time, In order, therefor strengthen his hands the Ministry has offered him the concurrent post of Ca-Director General in its own Directorate. The Ministry! alto feels that M. Destelan' appointment will tend to make secure postal properties worth! '$15,000,000, floating funds aggregating about $8,000,000, and in addition deposits belonging to the postal staff which amount to several million dollars, (4) The Ministry hopes. that Destelan will yet accept the appointment which has been offer~ ed to him. However, in ease he should fee) unable to-do s0, the Ministry has already requested him to appoint some one, agreable fo him. who upon being commissioned by the Nationalist Government, might then act for him officially' as. Ca-Director-Generni for the Nationalist area, (5) The Nationalist' Government in the past has not interfered with the Peking Co-Director-General's authority in the general management of the postal service, or fettered or} embarrassed him or his Commis Appointment of Director-General Article Vi—Secretaries shall, under the orders of their superior officials, take charge of the affairs [of their respective departments, and the assistant. secretaries and assistant secretaries and. assistants /and clerks shall deal with the affairs lof their respective departments, Article VII—Seeretaries and Assistant Secretaries of the Directorate and Postal Commissioners and Deuty, Commissioners of districts Shall' be conjointly selected by the Director-General and the Co-
Director-General, who shall report {to the Minister of Communications for approval and appointment.
"Article VIII—Sceretaries and assistant secretaries of the Directorate and Postal Commissioners and. De-paty Commissioners of districts be reported to the Minister of Communications for the issue of letters of appointment while assistants of various. districts shall be appointed the Director-General and report-occasion arises to the Minister Communications for record.
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