CO129-531-15 Chinese customs- proposed agreement with Hong Kong 9-7-1931 - 17-1-1932 — Page 113

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objection to any of the amendments proposed by longkong

(see paragraph 10 above), but that he had not yet had

time to consult his experts; he was quite prepared to re-

lagate the question of precedence of the Commissioner

an exchange of Hotes, details of which could be discussed

at Hongkong.

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The stage was thus set for the negotiation

of the agreement in its final form between r. ze hin-

self and the Governor of Hongkong, and I have now rec civ-

ed a message from His Excellency informing me that he and

kr. kaze have reached a general agreement, of which he

will shortly send me the draft, and which will in due

course have to be submitted to the Nanking Government and

to His Majesty's Government for their approval.

I pre-

sume, therefore, that after examination of the draft in

the departments at home, I shall receive your instruc-

tions to conclude the agreement (as foreshadowed in

Foreign office letter to the Colonial Office mentioned

in paragraph 9 above) with the minister for Foreign

Affairs/