CO129-580-2 Sino-Japanese War- British policy and reactions in Hong Kong and Malaya 27-7-1939 - 3-2-1940 — Page 42

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discussions were resumed at Tokyo on 11th

December Tokyo telegram No. 1622 of 10th

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December, and except for the wireless question

(see below) the Japanese have accepted the

greater part of the draft submitted by us, 12okyo

telegram No. 1839 of 15th August). As regards

wireless the present draft provides for the

continuance of a long wave Chinese station and

a short wave American station, and also for the

retention of the British shipping company's

wireless telephones for use between Tientsin and

Tangku, and between the latter place and ships

outside the Bar Shanghai telegram No. 1371 of

His Majesty's Ambassador at

14th December;

Tokyo has also been instructed to endeavour to

secure the retention of one of the company's

wireless telegraph stations in the British

Concession Telegram to Tokyo No. 869 of 92nd

December). The other main point outstanding

concerns the stationing in the Concession of

Japanese gendarmes as observers, but the

Japanese insist on the acceptance of this

despite