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No. 48 (28/90AB/1940)
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Foreign Office No.434 Commander-in-Chief No.27 Diplomatic Mission No.396 Swatow No. 18 Canton No. 46.
Letter from dr. K Okazaki to Mr. Blunt. of 11.7.1939.
Letter to г. K.
Ukazaki from Mr. Blunt of 14.7.40.
sir,
BRITISH EMBASSY,
SHANGHAI.
31st May, 1940.
I have the honour to refer to despatches
Nos. 23 and 28 of the 31st March and 18th April
addressed to me by His Majesty's Consul at Swatow
(and sent direct to Hongkong as Swatow despatches
Nos. 13 and 18 to the Colonial Secretary respect-
ively) on the subject of the restrictions im osed
on British shipping at that port.
2.
It will be observed that in reply to
his representations Mr. Hall has been informed
by his Japanese colleague that there is no
immediate prospect of the reopening of the port
to trade and that the present position is governed
by an "agreement" concluded in C nton on the 11th
:
July 1939 whereby restrictions are imposed on
British steamers entering &watow similar to those
regulating the entry of Japanese transports
into Hongkong.
Copies of the documents which
Mr. Takai has in mind are enclosed herein. It
The position is rather
will be seen that they do not in fact constituts
an agreement in any sense.
as follows.
N.L. Smith,
squire,
Office Administering the Government,
HONGKONG.
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