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him on January 28th.
Koo made a half-hearted
attempt to pursue matter further by saying that our
position was not quite logical. We had made offer
covering a number of points. Why could we not
extend that offer to cover everying in treaties and
do the thing in a manner Chinese would most appreciate?
I replied that this was out of question. We had
vested interests to consider and there must ob-
vicusly be stages in abandonment of our rights. then agreed without prejudice to point of view just
put forward to take our programme as a basis for dis-
cussion and said he would that day merely explore
the ground.
Following were the main points raised in the course of discussion (numbers refer to clauses of
(grp. omtd.) as handed to him on January 28th).
1. Did offer cover courts at Shanghai which
was place were largest number of mixed cases were
heard?
He
I said point had been in my mind but mixed
court was an international matter and if we surrender-
ed right, only effect might be to put British cases.
under non-British assessors. I would therefore re-
serve my answer. (I had already called for views
of His Majesty's Consul General at Shanghai). I
mentioned question of British subjects being repre-
sented by British lawyers in Shenpankhani in accord-
ance with your instructions.
2.