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Tokyo No. 76
BY SAFE HAND
162
British Consulate General,
CANTON
2nd December, 1 9 3 9.
68/39.
Sir,
With reference to my telegram No. 863 of 1st December,
and to Mr. Blunt's despatch No. 129 of 10th July, I have the
honour to inform Your Excellency that Mr. Negao Kite, the
Japanese Consul-General at Canton, and I on 1st December
initialled the supplementary agreement concerning temporary
arrangements for the navigation of the Pearl River, a copy of
which is enclosed. This agreement is, by verbal arrangement,
to come into force forthwith.
2.
The purpose of this su plementary agreement is so to
modify the agreement initialled by Mr. Blunt and Mr. Okazaki
on 4th July last, a copy of which was enclosed in Fr. Blunt's
despatch under reference, as to permit a weekly service by a
British passenger ship between Hongkong and Canton during the
period of the temporary closure of the Pearl River by the
Japanese authorities in place of the fortnightly service which
hitherto has been the best that ɛe have been able to secure.
3.
While it has not been found possible to depart from the
implied ratio of two Japanese vessela for every one British
vessel, this suplementary agreement has, as Your Excellency
will see, been so worded as to meet the objection to a fixed
ratio mentioned in your telegram No. 106 of 19th October to me.
The Japanese authorities at Canton have also made a
proposal for the simplification of the present procedure with
4.
His Excellency
The Governor and Commander-in-Chief,
HONG KONG.
/regard
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