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The 70. have overlooked

Adm

amps stand-

paint. Part of our mainland thintay

is

-

British Factory that is old

Knoloon. The leased kuikaus are

merely

& not

an extrusion

a

Knolom

J separate settlement

like thine of France ofeumay, China therefore might still regard

the leased tuition as Clemere but fir. these prvilages in view of the facts that foods pass from British kuitry (sed Knotom) into Clunese Fantin.

7

Panté them out to 7.0.

after

and ask if they duit it' altas the position. (of fir 7. Indais vour to taken, un

Kleina are in the position of deprived, oing to the fact that w. have leased tutoy for Clima of a privilege which we could ortomise "have wished in)

BY

1 x

Please see my minute on 25739. It is impossible for China to

reduced tariff treatment to goods coming into China

A

via Kowloon as compared with goods coming into a

Chinese port. Mr. Stubbs argument won't woIK,

horribly

A

local from in thi

except as regards the products of Old Kowloon - for special

treatment of which we should have to negotiate a

give

C

special agreement - but anything of the sort

is not practicable.

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The broad fact is that the Kowloon Canton Railwa

will compete as a route with the other great

routes from abroad to the Chinese market. It is

not possible that there should be different rates

of customs in favour of our route.

There special arrangements apply, in the case

of contigucus land frontiers, the trade is local

and the question of competition with the trans-i

oceanic traffic does not arise.

? proceed as Mr. Robinson proposes.

AVC

7/4

cher Harcont

Jafree. The trade from

old Kowloon

must from through the leased levitory of new kostoon

tit Cannst

be anything

but trade paning from

the leased territon into Chenna

Jagree

okt. 2.4.11

4B2

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