CO129-585-5 Sino-Japanese conflict- shipping on Pearl River 3-1-1940 - 25-8-1940 — Page 171

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created, which it might be difficult

on the hand hand,

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dislodge; bat/ the rates charged by those

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engaged in the trade appear to ton have been exorbitant when compared with those ordinarily charged, and it might well be that's

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between H. Kong

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once trade

bauton by tho present charinels

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be heavy pressure in favour of the restoration

of

less burdensome metterds of

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have

Japanese Govt. f recently indicated that they contemplating the removal of some

the restrictions

an the navigation of the Pearl River, and sowat be

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from (repeated bryr ao hos of the 3rd Jmino) Hmm. Representative in Tokyof that the Japanese Army

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on the 30th. Dee'sq

autoritus into thina stated that the opening of the swis hand been decided expon. Is att the cruis

the code the fort, that it

them

may

le preferable

to allow for groper nottrations to proceed in

this matter in their own

nitiation, wither than

topress them to adopt a

course upon which

they appear already to have made up their

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MALCOLM MACDONALD

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