CO129-585-5 Sino-Japanese conflict- shipping on Pearl River 3-1-1940 - 25-8-1940 — Page 45

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F3028/26/10

Enclosure to P. L Deop; No 26. From Japanese proposels for "opening"

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16 April.

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No. 98 (♣ 2 copies) Coloncol is British Consulate-jene zale

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Pereign office, Ho. 88

(8 oopies)

Diplomatie4es on, Chungking,

A. Tokyo, o. 18

No.4

Governor, llongkonų, do. 36 0.-in-). do. Coversodore,

by Deft H

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53838/4/6

2016

121/6s of

Offis

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16th

34

ril, 194 0.

With the Compliments of the

Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

JY HAPE HAND

Copy sent 2 MAY 1940 my of Thepping

ith reference to my printed Letter dea; toh

ril 15th, enclosing copy of the Javanese

memorandum regamiɔng the onrringe of enego on the earl

Alver, I have the honour to enclose herein a copy of a

translation of 'The - rovisional Procedure restrioting

certain articles to be applied for at the Canton Cu/

This document was au plied to me confidentially by the

Coʻmissioner of Custom, but it will probably be published

in the next day or

The Corissi one r

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nsiders, m

the first glance, that the list of restricted articles

covers about 80% of the no mal trade of anton, so that

the Japanese Forces'

apparent than real.

pa mission of general trade is more

then an » ril 12th last Nr. Eita, the Japan

Condul-General here, handed me the ile:sorandum and pendix,

together with the state ent of the ễn anese Voraes, I did

......

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not attempt to dɛma an the documents with him, explɛining

that it would be necessary for me firat to study them.

Later in the day I sosived a call from r. kazeki, the

onzul-örneral in Hongkonr, who explained as

ported in ›y telegram N. 41 of a ril 19th, that the

move was only intented to be the first step in the

opening of the empl liver, and that it sme to be followed

by an inoronse in the number of ships allowed to ply.

Dr. Okazaki said, shoul: be effected within two months, an

it was intended that then British and Japanese aterɛers

His Majesty's ambassador,

British Kisbamay,

SHANGHAI

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