CO129-571-9 Sino-Japanese War- Canton-Kowloon railway 25-3-1938 - 28-2-1939 — Page 31

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LL. to F.O.

67.

kin

J

(

horcheste

65 andd

ths pletter to M. Blunt as to

of railway.)

I think that we

re

-opening

6.1.39.

24.12.28.

agree generally that the

is in the long

nopening of the railway

highly desirable from the Colony's pout. If new, hit the new here is also, I believe, that it wld.

be unwise to let this question become insobred possible with the rives-navigation issue, as a

bargaining counter. This might be the case were the puestion of the ropening of the railway

to be pussed too much.

On the other hand it is only fair to say that

the Yow. does not recommend that the matter snd. be 'pussed in the Okazaki

: & the

danger is still further lessened now that

the seems to be a reasonable prospect of the

shipping question being

solved on a

vasis

a different

In these wires. I shd. think the best

couse and be to have it to the Louis & Mr. Blunt's

discre non as to how often or how much the

math shd. be put to the tap. Consul I'ul. In

any

case it looks as if th. Blunt might act

us sonu

: thing of a make on

impatience

any

on the part of the tod.

? Reply

eventual

5.D. act. 67 ; & whilst saying

that we are indeed in geural agreement

with the low. on this matter, we

might also