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steamers to trade under Inland Waters Regulations (Article V). The Chinese Government expressed their general approval of the terms of the instrument in question, but declined to concede Inland Waters privileges to vessels leaving Chinese territorial waters, and the Colony, in turn, hesitated to ratify the Agreement without this concession. I suggest that discussion in regard to the issue in dispute (Article V) ought to be left in abeyance and that the common interests of all concerned will benefit by the acceptance of the 1929 Agreement, with Article V eliminated.
SHANGHAI, 19th April 1930.
F. W. MAZE,
Inspector General.
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