CO129-585-5 Sino-Japanese conflict- shipping on Pearl River 3-1-1940 - 25-8-1940 — Page 35

E CLOSURE NO. 1 in Canton Despatch No. 129 of 29/5/40 to B.. SHAN 35-

Notes of Discused on on 13th my 1940 between Mr. Z.

Okazhi, the Hon. Mr. N.. smith, tr. A.P. Blunt à kr.

0.0. Roberta

1.

Mr. Okazaki stated that it was the intention of

the Japanese to re-open tradinst and navigation on the

Iver by suozessive and gendurl stages, and that

the notification issued by the Japanese Consul-(-neral

in Denton on ap 11 19 th was intended to represent the

first of these steges. He understood that certain points

arising out of this remorandum were not acceptable to th

British Authorities and interesta concerned, and he would

therefore like in an unofficial way to explore the possi-

bilities of reaching @ mutaully acceptable comprouise.

2.

ished to

Mr. (kazaki pointed out that the question of

the re-opening of the earl River and of the Yangtze {ive>

were not the same, in that while the

re-open the order in gradual stages, it was impracticable

to follow that aœurse in the onse of the latter, and it

was their intention to re-open it absolutely when the

time came for that st

The British present, while

apreciating fr. Ole anki's point, made the reservation

that any step taken in regard to the one right still have

a bearing on the other.

3.

It was agreed that the Blunt/Ukazaki @greement

remains the basis governing soʻmunie-tions on the Pearl

River pending its re-opening, and that it might be possible

to arrange for the suavessive stages towards that

opening to

the form of extensions to that agreement;

all such extensions would, as in the case of the greement

itself, be withou: prejudice to Treaty rights pending the

re-opening of the River and the restoration of such Freaty

richts, and nothing therein would be construed as a precedent.