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The deletion of original Article II (Salt)
and the omi ssion from Article V of the provisions
relating to the free carriage of Chinese mail may
give rise to difficulties. The limitation of the
privileges under Article V. to Kwangtung and
Kwang si would be undesirable as lending colour
to the theory that China is divided into
regional Governments.
It is difficult to see
how the Chinese can be expected to grant the
privileges to Hong Kong manufactures contemplated
under Article X. The views of the Inspector-
General of Chinese Maritime Customs on these and
other points of the revised draft should be
ascertained.
(b) Article V: ·
(c)
A
The protection of the British flag
in China is the responsibility of His Majesty's
Government in the United Kingdom Par
Past
hi story shows that in the interests of friendly
relations between Great Britain and China it is
undesirable that there should be any considerable
increase in the number of Chinese owned vessels
navigating the inland waters of China under
the British flag. A premature raising of
controversy on the subject of inland water
navigation rights inChina is highly undesirable,
The Agreement as a whole:- The Agreement has
a direct bearing on the policy of His Majesty's
Government and on British relations and British
trade with China generally and should be examined
in relation to these interests and not only the
narrowly
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