CO129-585-9 Sino-Japanese conflict- Chinese custom stations 14-7-1940 - 17-12-1940 — Page 48

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is that a Japanese Commissioner at ne Hong Kong office of the Maritime Custans would be strongly objected to by the Hong Kong Government.

In the circum- stances of the present Japanese demands we should like to see Northcote's proposal of last year reconsidered, and if necessary Maze pressed to agree to the Hong Kong office being closed down and the various Customs stations in the surrounding country left to depend on the headquarters station at Canton.

Это что

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