CO129-585-5 Sino-Japanese conflict- shipping on Pearl River 3-1-1940 - 25-8-1940 — Page 24

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

V NAVI MUR: Re-opening of lear】 River - resorts on

No. 129 (a 8 ooșiem)

British Consulate-General,

Copied to:-

Poreign CTI 04,

No. 46

(a 2 oosi no

Dip. Wission, Chungking, No. 15 B.k. "okyo, Ho. 32

0.4.0., Hongkong, Ko. 81 C.**no, No. #1

Comedore, Hongkong, No. 16

31F,

BY BAPE ALAD,

OABTOK 24

Both

1940.

with reference to Mr. stark Toller's ∙rinted Letter

despatch No. 190 of May 18th, I have the honour to report on

development

subsequeat

r. šita on liny 10th

reported in that despatah.

Loɑm with

† venture

to invite attention in perticular to enclosures 1 and 8, and

paragrașia 8 (lææt sentence), 4, §, 6 and I.

&

f.

leave

On my [meonge through Hongkong on return from horm

was requested by the Colonial Secretary to attend a

sonference with himself,

Masaki, and or

oberts, manager

of

erfield & Awire, on May 15th.

The Honourable

J. J.

iterson,

resenting

Je dine katheson

* copy of sorm aptes' on that

was unwell and unable to attent.

dimoɑmelon im

8.

301omed.

On liny 17th, when paying my official call on Mr. Kita

on resuming charge at Canton, I took the opportunity of di

cumming r. Okazaki'e talk at Hongkong and maid that : hoped

to be able to put forward some proposals shortly in the form of

a anuelementemi namranduri to the Hunt-ukazaki screement of

July 4th. I said, and

Okasaki),

ita condu-red, (na had “

that the suggested seasures for the reopening of the Fearl

Hiver could only be discussed na a su plemnt to the original

agreement of July 4th, and subject in particular to elause S

of that agree:ent which it will be rermecibered rend as follows:-

"It is however understood that may request made either by the

Tepelene or British mutho iti❤ or may agreement renohed

/

tween them on either side, is without prejudice to any legal

or Treaty position involved, and, in particular #ithout prejudi on

Hisjesty's #mbassador,

British Ambassy,

SHAN)HAI

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