CO129-509-5 Applications by Japanese fishermen to use Hong Kong as a base 16-1-1928 - 9-8-1928 — Page 12

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Hong Kong.

Mr. White

Mr.

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Mr. Bottomley.

Sir E. Harding.

Sir J. Shuckburgh

Sir G. Grindle.

Sir C. Davis.

Sir S. Wilson.

Mr. Ormsby-Gore.

Lord Lovat.

Mr. Amery.

DRAFT.

THE U.S. OF S.,

FOREIGN OFFICE.

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Downing Street,

July, 1928.

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Sir,

I am etc. to ack. the receipt.

(7) of your letter F.2705/1165/23 of the

4/8

Copy

do Admcy.

Copy to Aduty. & B/T. LF

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5th of June in which you enclose

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copy of a letter from the Board of

Trade on the subject of the grant of

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permission to Japanese subjects to use

Hong Kong as a base for deep sea

fishing operations.

2.

It appears from the interpreta-

tion of the Anglo-Japanese Commercial

Treaty of 1911 contained in the B/L

frundis BIT

letter that, while the Govt. of Hong Kong

is at liberty to discriminate by means of

a special duty against fish caught on

the high seas by fishing boats the

property of firms or companies other

than British, it is not strictly

aft

entitled