CO129-521-12 Chinese Customs- proposed agreement with Hong Kong 2-4-1930 - 16-6-1930 — Page 141

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Far Easten bep:

Please note that I had an

Gesterday to discuss

Canton

of portunit

The Stongking

agreement informally

with Si Francis Aglen.

the

late Inspector General. The

contended strongly

That Hongking

would

be unwise to sacrifice the substance

of the

agrement for the shadows of The inland rasigation. Stis point was that, whatever happened

about the coast wise treffere.

inland water navigation rights of

porcipuero

the

were

bound to be

laben

vorre

a

whole. of

away

They

were

it is

unlikely

that

vespels

The rights of Hongking

would survive.

It was also

معه

Certam

that

the Chinese

could