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S:MK:
CONFIDENTIAL.
F.W. Maze Esq.
Dear Mr. Maze,
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COPY.
Enclosure No.2.
2nd October, 1929.
Your letter of 23rd September, reached Sir Cecil
Clementi yesterday and he had just time for a short
discussion with me before he left for Manila.
He asked
me to reply to you at once demi-officially on his behalf,
setting out the views of this Government in the light of
your letter, so far as the limited time available permitted
of their consideration.
The attitude adopted by the Chinese Government
has, as you no doubt realize, put an entirely different
complexion on the whole question of the Agreement. The
matter will be further considered here on His Excellency's
return at the end of this month, but I may explain at once
that the exclusion of Article V will be entirely
unacceptable to this
Government unless some much more
substantial quid pro quo can be offered by you than the
suggestions put forward in your letter, and I would add that
a "formal exchange of notes" regarding any concession
appears to this Government to offer no advantage over the
incorporation of the details in the Agreement, and, as at
present advised, this Government would not accept an
exchange of notes in place of incorporation of the terms of
the concession in the Agreement.
Moreover,