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Far Easten bep:
Please note that I had an
Gesterday to discuss
Canton
of portunit
The Stongking
agreement informally
with Si Francis Aglen.
the
late Inspector General. The
contended strongly
That Hongking
would
be unwise to sacrifice the substance
of the
agrement for the shadows of The inland rasigation. Stis point was that, whatever happened
about the coast wise treffere.
inland water navigation rights of
porcipuero
the
were
bound to be
laben
vorre
a
whole. of
away
They
were
it is
unlikely
that
vespels
The rights of Hongking
would survive.
It was also
معه
Certam
that
the Chinese
could