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ikes ngree:ent even more difficult; that in clnuse
unde at my request; the desired cetissions in the ****.*
can be simply allowed by omitting the "."." in its entirety,
as suggested by the Cfficer dinistering the Government,
Mongkong.
8.
all the above tedious details are mainly reported
for inform tâ on. What is important is whether say formuls
which is included in the exploratory proposals (1.0.
nclosure ) is likely to be prejudicial to British shi ping
interests elsewhezež
till the end of
AA AYAZO tha
February the view held at the Foreign Office was that in
negotiations for reopening the Yangtse and pearl Rivers no
important principle should be smorificed for inmediate
advantage. Although both Wr. Cikasaki at Hongkong and ir.
ata here have emphasised that there is no connection be-
tween the reopening of the url (iver "which will be done
in ang uasive atagen" and that of the Yangtee River, "which
will be done fully in one
ire are strong indications
that the so called reopening of the earl Haver is being
tried out for the benefit of the now larger question of
reopening the Yangtee ivoro Cuch indie: ona ara
Toller (waiioned a visit to Centon by the Japanese Consul
General at Shanghai; that the Japanese Consul-() neral here
mentioned that the Japanese Military Go mander-in-Chief at
Kansing had laid down sour of the restrictions with which
the local J anese autho itir #
to hedge free trading,
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and that any amendments to the original Japanese proposals
would require reference to the Japanese GOVE FI Vent.
6.
I suggest to Your Excellency that the following
points are salient :-
(1) This so-called reopening of the Fearl River is farekal.
The proposed concession will not m terially benefit British