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