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may carry all nationalities including Chinese.
E. As regards general reopening of river Japanese Consul- General professed willingness provided formula could be devised
divorcing Pearl River from Yangste question.
2.
As regards C above Japanese Consul-General stated that this would depend on "good will" which clearly meant some response
in principle to D.
Repeated to Commander-in-Chief No. 9, British Embassy
Shanghai No. 8, Foreign Office No. 4, Tokyo No. 4.