CO129-588-23 China- British extra-territorial rights- negotiations with China 28-3-1942 - 27-11-1942 — Page 167

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grant the same rights to Italian subjects in China, subject to the limitations to be prescribed in its laws and regulations."

A similar declaration is annexed to the

Belgian, Danish and Portuguese treaties of the

same year.

This point is one of considerable importanoe

to our respective interests in China and it

appears to us most desirable that it should be

covered on a reciprocal basis during the present negotiations. This might be achieved by

amending the first sentence of Article 5 of the

American draft (Article 6 of ours) so as to add the right to acquire real property to those of travel, residence and trade and so as to

to ensure

that companies also enjoy this right. it would probably be ore convenient to deal with

it in an annexed exchange of notes. It is not

improbable that the Chinese Government will

themselves have observations to make upon Article

5 as it stands, and the discussion of these

will give us the opportunity to press for this

point to be covered.

I should greatly appreciate receiving the

views of the United States Government on this

question at their early convenience. I can of

course give you further details of the exact

technical position in the United Kingdom on

this subject if desired.