52798/28.
Hong Kong.
Mr. White
Mr.
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Hammen.44() Mr. Becket
Mr. Bottomley.
Sir E. Harding.
Sir J. Shuckburgh
Sir G. Grindle.
Sir C. Davis.
Sir S. Wilson.
Mr. Ormsby-Gore.
Lord Lovat.
Mr. Amery.
DRAFT.
THE U.S. OF S.,
FOREIGN OFFICE.
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Downing Street,
July, 1928.
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Sir,
I am etc. to ack. the receipt.
(7) of your letter F.2705/1165/23 of the
4/8
Copy
do Admcy.
Copy to Aduty. & B/T. LF
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5th of June in which you enclose
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copy of a letter from the Board of
Trade on the subject of the grant of
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permission to Japanese subjects to use
Hong Kong as a base for deep sea
fishing operations.
2.
It appears from the interpreta-
tion of the Anglo-Japanese Commercial
Treaty of 1911 contained in the B/L
frundis BIT
letter that, while the Govt. of Hong Kong
is at liberty to discriminate by means of
a special duty against fish caught on
the high seas by fishing boats the
property of firms or companies other
than British, it is not strictly
aft
entitled