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Mr. Kits concurred in the Consul-Gene mal's view
that the Pearl River was not yet restored to normal navigation
and therefore the Blunt-Okazaki agreement remained in force.
Therefore, the Consul-General observed, the question of the
import of stores for the foreign residents of Shameen, was,
as provided in the latter agreement, purely one between the
Japanese and British authorities and should not be referred,
as it had been by #r. Kitm, to the Superintendent of Customs
for decision. The Japanese (Venara. Kita and Hayasaki) tried
to excuse this action on the grounds that the Customs were
On being inactive when the Blunt-Okazaki agreement was made.
pressed, however, Mr. Kita at last admitted that this should
properly concern only the Japanese and the British authorities.
He expected that this would shortly be cleared up.
The Consul-General remarked that the Apendix to
the Memorandum of April 18th was full of restrictions - 186
of wireless, photography, medical inspection, - and emphasized
that the right to make arrests on British vessels could only
be exercised by the British authorities. Kr. Hayasaki stated
that the Japanese had no intention of making arrests on British
ships and that there must be some mistake, to which the Consul-
General replied that he was under the impression that there wRB
a provision of that nature in the memorandum or the appendix.
Mr. Kita attempted to defend the action of the Japanes
Army Authorities in addelnly in roducing the Memorandum of
April 12th without consultation with the British authorities,
by stating that this ressure constituted a military seorat.
was however, quote prepared to discuss the Blunt-Okazaki
Agreement with a view to its amendment.
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