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salvaging operations.
Under Article 24 of the Treaty, however, Japanese
nationals and ships are entitled to most favoured nation
rights in all that concerns commerce, navigation and
industry.
Whilst the Board in general, are anxious to secure
that in the interests of the safety of British shipping
there should be no undue limitation on salvage facilities,
they do not feel that in the present case (where ample
British salvage facilities are available) there is any
reason to insist upon permission being granted to a
Japanese Company, particularly in view of the lack of
reciprocity on the Japanese side as
"President Hoover"case. If, therefore, it is felt desirable
on strategical and political grounds to refuse permission
to the Japanese salvors to operate in Hong Kong waters
there would seem to be ample ground under the existing
Treaty provisions for doing so, it being left to the
illustrated by the
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