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£8168/79/10
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Trs. of. tel. 37 of 27.7.39. from Carton re closure of Pearl River by Japanese.
65 Fo.
Jes
7.8504/79/10
8839
of tal 39 90.8.59 from Canton se closure of Pearl River by Japanese.
66 For. Dient
666
24.7.39
(Enels. coses memo. If a Ampy. local working angl. rating to navigation of heart liver aquid to
by both sides)
Earlier this year, as a result of
negotiations between the British and Japanese
authorities in Hong Kong and Canton, an agreement
was reached regulating the sailings of British
passenger steamers and Japanese Government
chartered vessels on the Pearl River between
Canton and Hong Kong. The history and provisions
of this agreement are summarised in my minute of
18/3/39 below 39 on Part I of this file.
There
was subsequently a minor alteration to this agreement as reported in the Canton despatch at 47 on that
file.
In June, however, as a result of the
refusal of the British authorities to consider
the application made by the Japanese on behalf of the "Shirogane Maru" (see 52 on Part 1), the
Japanese declared that they considered the agreement
at an end.
Finally, at the end of July and
beginning