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to agree to discontinue the service in case any unforeseen
difficulty might arise in the future. As a reply to the
above the Government of Hongkong stated that they were
not in a position to accede to the request for the reason
that all traffic chains were then controlled by the Advisory
Board in London which was considering the problem in general.
Thus, as far as the local authorities were concerned,
the negotiation was virtually brought to a standstill and
promised no progress toward a satisfactory solution of the
question.
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