ENCLOSU: No. 3 in
CANTON DEBIAˆCH No. 93 or 16/4/1940 to B.E. DHAN:HAI.
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DUMMARIZED COHR NTS OF BRITISH SHIPPING PIRMS ON JAPANESE MEMORANDUM REGARD NO OPENIN) OF CANTON TO "O-NERAL TRAIB"
Preamble.
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"Oeneral trade" is apparently to be confined to
"Cunton habbour".
Paragraph 1. This refers only to the "loding of oargoen.
Are therefore imports to be prohibited?
Does reference to "those British vosmel n' mean that
only the "Fatahan" and "Kinshan" may oly between Hongkong
and Canton, that other British vessels and British consting
Vessels are to be excluded, while the Japanese maintain the
wo to one ratio in their favour between Hongkong and
Centon and their coasters which omit Hongkong are wires-
tricted in number)
Paragraph 2. (the transpo t status of the Shirogane Guru“
and the "Kaishu Karu” is to be removed, doubtless to enable
them to carry cargo to and from Hongkong.)
Paragraph 3.
Japanese vessels must be subject to the m
restric ions as British vessels. It follows therefore that
British vessels should be permitted to berth at their cas
panies' wharves in accordance with normal practice.
Under what conditions will Japanese ships and
shallow draft vessels continue to all at hampoa and other
delta ports which remain closed to all other foreign shipping?
Paragraph 4. There is no objection to non-discriminatory
supervision by the Customs and to regulations of this nature
issued by the Postal and
A pendix.
1.
Navigation1.
uarantine authorities.
(1) The restrictions mentioned in paragraph (á) to
paragraph (1) of article 5 of the agreement initialled by
essre. Blunt and Qisaki on July 4th, 1939 a plied to British ships only. Japanese vessels should be similarly restricted
These restrio ions we】
described as tem:orary
"penning restoration of the Pearl
iver to normal navigation".
Now that "general trade” is to be permitted such restrictions should be cancelled or drastically curtailed.