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3. 4.10 p.m. 20th Noveaber, 194zJ
2. 3.1 P.D. 20th Movember, 1945.
Iour telegram No. 1485.
Shipping.
Zou will since have Been Chinese proposal for abrogation of our navigationul Pigh. in exchange of notes, see my telegram no. 151.
2. e realise there can be no question of resaving old unilateral treaty rights in this or any other respect. e submit however thet at would be mistake in X tactics to assume from the start that abrogation of
eusential old treaty rights is incompatible with the principles of equality an reciprocity.
veciprocity. Inland stead naviation rights of 1898 and 1902 necessarily imply our
I excl sion from the coast and. river trade in future. regest authority to iscuss the matter with iister for Foreign Affairs with a view to trying for a formula which, while recognising abrogation of our rights in principle, will leave the door open for negotiation, whether in commercial treaty or otherwice, of reciprocal post-wer arrangement of continued co-operation of British shipping interests in Chine coast and river transport trace.
OTP.