CO129-517-2 Correspondence on proposed Chinese and Hong Kong agreements over Customs 13-11-1929 - 28-12-1929 — Page 100

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(F 5746/52/10).

SHANGHAI, 7.11.29.

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"We understand that Customs Agreement relating

to trade from Hongkong to non-Treaty Ports excludes British

Flag. Chinese Government thus secures in Hongkong Treaty

Port Status without conceding Treaty Port rights to British.

Most dangerous concession will form precedent for ultimate

exclusion British flag Coastal Inland Waters elswhere China.

Compensating advantages offered of privileged Factory Duty

treatment to Hongkong factories is paper concession only in

practice useless have you been consulted interview Foreign

Office telegraph result."

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