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"except in areas closed for reasons of security"; delete "and the carrying on of commerce".
Article 7. First sentence, delete all words after "other H„C,P." to end of sentence and substitute "as may be agreed upon"; second sentence insert "and companies" between "and nationale" and "of one H.C.P."; fourth
sentence should end "awaiting trial in prison".
Article 8. First two sentences to form clause (1); words after "pending" as amended by my telegram D.No.428 to form clause (11) subject to omission of "of the character"; insertion of "the" before "existing treaties"; amendment to read "between the H.C.P. which are not abrogated by or inconsistent with..
Article 9. After "ratified and" insert "the instruments of".
day of...
Final paregruph will read "Done at Chung-King this
...1943 corresponding to the........ day of the...
...month of the thirty second year of the Republic of China, in duplicate, in English and Chinese, both texts being equally authentic".
Throughout text insert the words "His Excellency" before "The President of the National Government of the Republic of China".
It is not proposed to telegraph to Dominion Governments texts of exchange of notes (see my telegram D.lio. 509 paragraph 1(d) and subsequent relevant telegrams) or of three minutes, dealing respectively with (1) Indian etc., casting trade (2) dual nationality (3) closing. ports in times or national emergency, unless texts of these documents are specially asked for.
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D.O.T. B/Trade
Sir E. Bridges Sir B. Newton
Mr. Ashley Clarke Mr. R.K.V. Sloan Mr. H.A. Rumbold Mr..T.Annan Mr. Monson Mr. N.E.Young Mr.J.. Golsby.
Mr.A.R. Fraser