3XTA A TERRITORIALITY.
Interview with Joint Committee of China Association
and British Chamber of Commerce at Shanghai on
February 26th, 1931.
Bir iles Lampson, and tiis majesty's Consul- General, and r reiciun.
Er Calder erehall and soint Committee.
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H.M.Miniator remarked that he had been away for a holiday for the past few weeks and that, having only returned the day before, he was still busy gathering
up the threads, and all he could do therefors would be
to explain the position in regard to the xtra- territorialiby negotiations to the meeting down to the time of his departure at the end of December.
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sir . Lamy son than referred to the last meeting
hold with the Joint Committee in September after the
presentation of the British draft and recounted briefly
the history of subsequart developments, the presentation
of the Chinese counter-draft of December 1st, the Chinese
memorandus of December 17th and the British Government's
reply thereto (which were read to the meeting), and so on. The Chinese attitude in the matter was doubtless connected
with the internal political situation, with special ref- erense to the People's Conferenes summoned for May, 1931.
sir . Lampson said that he was now proceeding to Banking whore ho hoped to resume discussions with the M.F.A. provided he received his instructions in time. These instructions had not yet arrived, although he had
received some indication of the lines which they were likely to follow. So far it had been possible to keep
in