CO129-585-5 Sino-Japanese conflict- shipping on Pearl River 3-1-1940 - 25-8-1940 — Page 28

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"de facto" controlf

How far can we overlook, having regard

to olnuse # of he Blunt-Cica sajci

he Blunt-Cs sală agreement, "foralae”

which are adnittedly temporary violations of our "Penty

rights?

7.

is whe

a regaris the preceeding paragraph, point 2

to be adaiited by the Japanne. The next question

7 the various consideratione under point (3)

outweigh point 1; of these point 8 (111) and (iv) are, I

suggent, the most important. Of the headings (a) to (4)

under point

(a) seeɛa to re to offer no difficulty and to be met ade-

quately by clause 1 of my draft exploratory proposals (I

am aleo assured that the list of restricted art: olen will

be greatly reduced).

The same applies to (b). It will be noted that olmuse

1 of my craft onrefully mentions "Oustors Notices" and not

"Customs #otifies tione*.

Little - BA

Corvalami oner of Qustor

rloan, «ho is now in his æeound tera no

Corti asi oner here and who is most deservedly liked nud

respected by the whole British cerosatile sommunity

∙B. L.K.

to recognise the uperintendent's "perodta” under force

majeure. We will not issue Ou torse Hotifia::tions" regarding

illegal activities but comproŭdaem by Ous

pos ed in the Cuetore House,

Since in protice omrgo im

not mooașted on board or released from British ships except

under the chop of the Joʻmiusioner of Que or

mterial from the point of view of thin

is not

porary agreement

whether or not appliaɛnts go in the first innce:me to the

Superintendent of Duntons. Incidentally, the obnoxious and

SESSSSive fee for such perið í on the fuerintendent nt

DR

Sue ton was entirely Moram nd” by the Japanese SE Crosa MSY

15th.