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to agree to discontinue the service in case any unforeseen

difficulty might arise in the future. As a reply to the

above the Government of Hongkong stated that they were

not in a position to accede to the request for the reason

that all traffic chains were then controlled by the Advisory

Board in London which was considering the problem in general.

Thus, as far as the local authorities were concerned,

the negotiation was virtually brought to a standstill and

promised no progress toward a satisfactory solution of the

question.

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