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UME MIDOB
MEMORANDUN
JUMLA UBABMA2+9
CANTON.
1. The Japanese Authorities in Canton are prepared to permit the loading of cargoes on those British vessels which are at present navigating between Canton and Hong- kong under the terms of the agreement in connection with navigation of the Pearl River by certain British vessels initialled by Mr. Blunt and Mr. Okazaki on July 4th,1939, aa subsequently modified by the supplementary agreements initialled by Mr. Toller and Mr. Kita on December 1st and December 19th, 1939, respectively.
2. The Japanese Authorities are also prepared to dissolve the Government charter of the "shirogane-maru" and "Keisha- maru" which are in shuttle service between Canton, Hongkong and Macao.
3. Those British and Japanese vessels referred hereby shall be subjected to restirctions of the Japanese Forces in Canton, necessitated by military requirements or by measures for preserving peace and order on and around the Pearl River.
Such vessels shall not take in such cargoes which are or will be prohibited or restricted by the Japanese Forces in view of military necessity or of preserving peace and order within the occupied area.
The restrictions of navigation, cargoes and passengers are detailed in the appendix.
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Those vessels shall abide by all laws and regulations concerned issued by the Chinese Authorities.
5. In this connection, the Japanese Authorities in Canton request the Shameen British Municipal Authorities to further co-operate in controlling anti-Japanese activities, for instance, such activities as tend to disturb the money market from within the said concession. The Japanese Authorities also request the Hongkong Government and the Far Eastern Headquarters of the British Navy to pay favourable consideration to the re-opening of the west channel of the Hongkong harbour in order to facilitate the navigation of such vessels between Canton and Hongkong.
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