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for the storage of the movable property of
Chinese Section of the
the/Railway (in Kowloon in the interests of
the/Rai
the railway bond-holders, a certain amount
Such
of the property belonging to the Chinese
seetion of the Railway is at present lying
4 K temlory.
in the British leasod territory.
Furthermore,
Mr. MacDonald understands that the Japanese
authorhis
as reported in telegram No.139 of the 8th of
November, 1938, from H.M's Consul-General in
Lave
A
Canton, refused to recognise the special
(56A)
Emergency Committee to which the Chinese
section of the Canton-Kowloon Railway was
entrusted when the capture of Canton by the
have
Japanese was impending, and, reserved the right
to claim the funds and property of the
Chinese section of the Railway for themselves.
3.
Although Mr. MacDonald is not in a
position to say whether this in any way
affects the Japanese position in respect
of the seized British rolling stock, I am
to draw attention to the report, contained
in para.2 of telegram No.94 of the 19th of
October, 1938, addressed to the F.O. by
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H.M.