CO129-582-6 Salvage operations on the wreck of the Japanese S.S. JIN KAI MARU 22-5-1939 - 27-10-1939 — Page 21

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prohibiting the conduching on

shall without/licence conduet salvage

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operations in the territorial waters

without tur comment of the Goremment.

of Hong Kong. If, however, you are of

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opinion that the issue of such a

regulation at the present time would be construed as

ing

likely to have an antagonisti effect

арсе

Won the Japanese, I am willing-that the

matter should be allowed to remain in

abeyance until a more favourable moment.

I have etc.

the

being directe: gainst

Tapones and would te

(Sd) MALCOLM MacDONALD