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3.
treatment to be accorded to Japanese transports at Hongkong,
has governed the position since.
It is also clear that
the Swatow notification, while quite distinct from the
Blunt-Okazaki agreement, has always been closely related
to the latter in the Japanese mind.
4.
It accordingly appears to be worth consideration
whether it might not be possible to negotiate better terms
for British trade and shipping at watow, as well as at
Canton, in return for some alleviation of the conditions
governing the entry of Japanese chartered ves els into
Hongkong. I do not know to what extent such alleviation is
possible or even desirable, nor am I sware what decisions ma
recently have been re: ched in Hongkong with regard to
navigation between the Colony and Centon, as a result or
the developments described in Canton desp tch to me
No. 112 of the 6th day (copy sent direct to His Excellency
the Governor, Hongkong as No. 44) and connected correspond--
ence. It seems clear however that conditions at Swator
are only likely to be improved if the situation there is
regarded as an integral part of the whole problem of
navigation between Hongkong and nearby Chinese ports in
Japanese Occupatione I also venture to suggest, in
view of the consideration referred to at the beginning
of paragraph three above, that it might be desirable
that any negotiations to this end should be conducted in
Tokyo.
5.
I should be grateful for your observations
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