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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

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