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No.15.
From CHINA.
Sir. Lampson (Peking).
4th January, 1929.
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1.25 p.m. 4th January, 1929.
9.00 a.m. 4th January, 1929.
As a result of my recent visit to lanking two
or three matters seem to require more or less
immediate attention,
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Commercial treaty.
From what ang said
it is clearly the intention to try to take extra-
territoriality next but he was willing to consider
negotiation of commercial treaty at least simultaneously.
Ly feeling is that if we could present them as
in case of tariff with cut and dried draft treaty
and start preliminary discussions in the near future
between experts, we might blunt the edge of any refusal
to grant request for premature abolition of
extraterritoriality.
your despatch no. 696
opening negotiations?
Is draft commercial treaty
yet in a form suitable for
And has any draft been
attempted regarding extraterritoriality which as
anticipated by Board of Trade might accompany it?
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see
Chinese at the moment are in receptive frame
of mind towards us and if we could get in with concrete
proposals on any or all the subjects mentioned above
we might be able to make headway.