CO129-579-8 Sino-Japanese War- shipping on Pearl River 23-6-1939 - 4-1-1940 — Page 77

to monsiderable inconvenience over the Ghirogane Caru*

nemust gunior th

nha broken the scrummond

and bot

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"Patshan" would sail on June 8th, but

tor to recent would be

x1eantontona

confident that "ahirotune nerun repro.ented on attempt

out of the Japonoon autho ities here to eataplian

comparetal peaaanjor service on the conrl

time when the river 1. still n minally closed shich

squld have veen in a position to compete \ith the

former vitish servicze when the river is reopene.

That Mr. Okazaki ha. so far falled in this object

sccounts, I thick, in large measure for his otherwise

inexpliasole petulance. His refues】 to implement the

Japanese

reement to the selling of the "Patahen" ie

inexeussole and hie insistesee that I have broken the

agreement 1-, in my opinion, quite unjustified by the

facts of the setter.

7.

real that it a for Yource

and the comander-in-Chief to decide first whether Er.

kasaki or I are right in our interpretation of the

ooment and whether ya are prepared to poimit resul

onlin at Hongkong by the "ahirogane Moray unner this

todoolsie, thon I will sndoava

reorent.

nake my peace with my Japanese College and have the

ourcesont 80-1

Your xcellency's Coverament end the writish shipping

companies conc rod to melte

ip you ar

to fault to the establishment of a royukiin dopose

rica petit!

1 now agToonment.

nton and Hongkong on the

in this.connection, however,

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