3.
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It is for your Government in consultation with British
Shipping Companies concerned to decide first whether sailings
of this vessel come within the agreement including special
treatment in paragraph 4 D to G and secondly whether, if
not as I believe, separate agreement should be reached.
4. An early reply is requested.
Repeated to Shanghai No.78, Commander-in-Chief No.69,
Hongkong pass to Commodore as No.35 and Senior Naval Officer
West River No.29.