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Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr. A. J. Dawe.
Sir H. Moore.
Sir G. Tomlinson.
Sir J. Shuckburgh.
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
DRAFT.
and if this is then
Care
it is a
matten for consideration whether to that effect shold not he made,
provision
possibly & regulation under the Emergency Agulations Ordinance,
1922.
FURTHER ACTION.
however,
This difference world. appear to have no significance from tt. point of view of treaty right if Cuticle 6 of the that
of 1911 flat, which in
limitiad to ports ete open to foreign commerce, in, maffalicante,
siggutus alvore, mnafplicath
an
be extended to all foreign Companies
and that only a British Company should
be permitted to undertake the work.
obsone
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In this connection I would also sugge
that, so that it is a matter for consideration
fear
aware
then in nothing in the laws of
whether powers might not be granted,
Hong Kong
possibly under the Emergency Regulations,
anabling the Governer to prevent foreign
salvage Companies from operating in
without having Hong Kong waters unless such Companies
obtained
have first boonsgrented express per-
mission from the Colonial Government, in
any particular case,
4.
With reference to paragraph 5
of your despatch, I would point out
differen
that the "President Hoover" case was not
from
strictly parallel to the present one,
#1
in as much as the President Hoover was
wrecked off Kashoto, which though not
in a fortified zone is nevertheless
a "closed" port, whereas Waglan does
not lie in any such area.
If, on the
NP
other