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No. 44 amendments are accepted.

5.

Expropriation see Foreign Office telegram

No. 48 and your tele ran to Foreign Office No. 107.

I await instructions regarding re-insertion of sentence

concerning temporary occupation. Tentative agreement

has been reached on following additional paragraph,

"where such cases are brought before modern courts of

justice the provisions of article (blank) special chambers and article (blank) legal counsellors covering

the hearings of cases in which British subjects are

involved as defendants will apply": also final

reciprocity paragraph has been added in accordance

with Foreign Office telegram No. 95.

6.

No. 94.

Arbitration - see Foreign Office telegram

First three amendments are accepted: Hsu-mo

will consider further new paragraph 4, which he argues

is unacceptable as lack of real reciprocity is too obvious. I made it plain that it was the utmost we

could do and must be taken as it stands or dropped

altogether,

7. Transfer of jurisdiction - see Foreign Office

telegram No. 43. Hsu-mo maintains objections to parese "in all matters relating to administration of justice" as too wide. They fear intérpretation others

may put upon it. Following alternative formula is tentatively suggested: "in all legal proceedings and in

all matters relating to administration of justice by

courts."

8, Declaration regarding immunity of courts

see...