With r
Ur-secretary of State for Doming
Affairs
18 DEC 1942
OUTWARD TELEGRAM
231 CYFHER (TYPEX)
FROM: D.O.
TO:
CANADA
(UOVT.)
AUSTRALIA
NEW ZEALAND
SOUTH AFRICA
(Sent 9.35 p.m. 17th Dec., 1942).
S.D.
179 139
D. No. 559 SECRET.
136 My telegram D. No. 509 of 4th. December.
Chinese extra-territoriality.
1. His Majesty's Ambassador Chungking has had further discussions with Chinese Government whose latest replies on principal outstanding points are as follows:-
(References unless otherwise indicated to my telegram
134 D. No. 509).
(A) Chinese agreed to drop their proposal for a new article basing relations on principle of equality and reciprocity. They also preferred preamble without amendment indicated in Bmy telegram No. 509 paragraph 1(A).
(B) Kowloon. Leased territories.
His Majesty's Ambassador spoke on lines of paragraph 2 154 of my telegram D. No. 522 of 8th December. In reply Chinese
Minister for Foreign Affairs claimed that Chinese public regarded leased territories as in the same category as concessions and that it was desirable to remove all causes of misunderstanding between the two peoples, Subsequent to the discussion a suggestion was put forward informally from the Chinese side that the matter should be settled by the Chinese Government addressing to us a communication stating that, while recognising that the question was not concerned with the matter now under negotiation, they desired to raise it at more appropriate time. His Majesty's Ambassador Chungking considers Chinese Government have put themselves into a position over this question from which they find it difficult to withdraw.
(C) National treatment for the carrying on of commerce. Chinese still oppose our proposal. Their attitude is that they accept the principle of national treatment for commerce but desire to reserve the point for the commercial treaty negotiations.
(D) Draft Exchange of Notes.
(a) Treaty ports system. Chinese agree in principle and discussions are continuing on detaila (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) 136in my telegram D. No. 509 agreed generally.
(G) Coastal trade and inland navigation.
Chinese are opposed to clause on lines suggested in my
telegram
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