CO129-588-23 China- British extra-territorial rights- negotiations with China 28-3-1942 - 27-11-1942 — Page 79

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Department of State's message).

That would leave

except as defer 1.3 or fi 12 without any trading rights all pending the

conclusion of the later comprehensive treaties.

This

also would not be in accordance with the principles

of equality and reciprocity and, in the opinion of

H.M. G., should be resisted.

5. The Foreign Office have no objection to

the proposed amendment of Article 6 regarding the

places in which consular officers shall be permitted

to reside,

II

The Foreign Office would offer the following

commen on the various matters which the Chinese

Government wish to cover in an exchange of notes to

be added to the treaty.

System of treaty ports.

It is not clear what is meant by this. If the

Chinese Government intended to throw open the whole

country to foreign trade and residence instead of

confining foreigners to the treaty ports for these purposes, H.M.G. would welcome this change, which is

what they have asked for in Article 6 of the British

draft treaty. But it would seem that this is not the

intention of the Chinese Government and it is suggested

that the latter should be asked to elucidate the mean-

ing of this proposal.

Special Courts in the International Settlements at Shanghai and Anoy.

The right of the Chinese Government to abolish

these Courts would appear to be implicit in the treaty

as already drafted, but H.M.G. would have no objection

to covering the point explicitly in an exchange of

notes.

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