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prohibiting the conduching on
shall without/licence conduet salvage
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operations in the territorial waters
without tur comment of the Goremment.
of Hong Kong. If, however, you are of
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opinion that the issue of such a
regulation at the present time would be construed as
ing
likely to have an antagonisti effect
арсе
Won the Japanese, I am willing-that the
matter should be allowed to remain in
abeyance until a more favourable moment.
I have etc.
the
being directe: gainst
Tapones and would te
(Sd) MALCOLM MacDONALD