Special Committee to Consider Contracts In an official statement to-lay Mr, Chuan Chihuan, Director-General of Telegraphs and Telephones of the Ministry of Communications, declared that the sole purpose of tha organization by the National Government of a special committee for the revision of China's communi tions contracts, was the revision of China's cable' contracts - with the Great Northern and Great Easter Companies, The wireless and automatic tele phone contacts between China and foreign corporations which had been. only recently concluded will not be. taken up by this special committee.
Tt may be recalled that on October: 80, the Ministry of Communications officially announced that it would shortly appoint a special committes for the revision of communication contracts between the National Gov~ ernment and foreign corporations, repre: re of the Ministry of Communications will be the chaicman of this committee, while the two vice-chairmen will be representatives lof the Ministry for Foreign Affairs ud the Ministry of Finance respectively.
Two Contracts Near Expiry This new move othe part of the istry of Comunications is being, watched with great interest as the Great Northern and Great Eastera cable contracts are to expire at the end of the year. So far no offi communication has been exchanged between the National Government and the cable companies regarding the revision of their contracts, rated that when the Danish His Excellency Hentile de Kauffmann, was in the capital some months ago, he took the question up with the Minister of Communications, Mr. Wang Pehchun, Mr. Wang refused to discuss the matter with the Danish Minister on. the ground that since the contracts were signed between China and the cable companies, he would only take it up with representatives of the said tod in authoritative circles here that the Great Northern and Great Eastern cable contracts with ill not be renewed, unless jons are made, Chinese as hav=
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