No. 108 ( 8 copies) Coded toI-
Foreign Office, No. 11
(à 2 copien)
Con Cosers in P. L. Doch No 3/
from Conton.
Di. Vission, Chungking, Ho. 8 B. X. Tokyo, No. 23
Doreynor, Hongkong, No. 39 0.-14-0. Ro. 18
Commodore, Hongkong No. 10
British Consulate-Dene~al,
CANTON
99th April, 194 0.
BY FARK BAD
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In contimation of my despatch No. 95 of
April 16th isst, I have the honour to report that on
April 18th I proceeded to Hongkong for a discussion
of the Japanese inernor andum regarding the carriage of
cargo between Hồngkong and Canton; I returned to Cant an
on April 93rd.
after preliminary discussions ith Him
xoelleney the Governor, the Commander-in-chief, and
the Colonial woretary, confere des on the subject
were held
tween the colonial
of Venera, Jardine 'atheson 4
oretary.
D., Ltd.; Butterfield
wire and cyself, on april Roth and find. These confer
enees showed a general distrust of the Japanese proponi
℗ feeling that there was core to be lost than to be gained
by accepting them, anxiety lont a proventure aequiescence
mocojtlynxiety
in the Japanese proposals regarding the earl kiver should
prejudice the position on the Yangtze, and agreemat w: th
wl in my letter or
pril 15th to the
Japanese Goneul-flene `al (enclosure No. 1 in my des;atch
ference) that thege measures úd not nonati tuše
un er
rent ora tå on
iver to no mal rinvigu ti on,
that the Blunt-kanaki agreement therefore erined in
bila toral agreement, it
foree, and that, as thie me
could not be altered unilaterally. The general conclusi on
was that the lunt-kanaki agruerent should be romáŋttained
on these linnm, that a protest should be entered agaİ 1982
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ionm laid down by the Japanese and that
His Majesty's Ambassador,
British
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