CO129-588-24 China- British extra-territorial rights- negotiations with China 23-11-1942 - 1-1-1943 — Page 142

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151 21471. My telegram No.20903 of 5th December, China Treaty. H.. Ambassador, Chungking, has been instructed to negotiate on the basis of amended version of paragraph 2 (b). The second half of the paragraph after the words "coastal trade and inland navigation of the Republic of China" should read "and the Republic of China relinquishes its rights under Article 12 of the Convention signed at London on 1st March, 1894, relating to navigation on the river Irrawaddy; the Government of the Republic of China on the one hand, and the Governments of the United Kingdom and of India on the other hand, while reserving the right to restrict the coasting trade and inland navigation to vessels flying their own flags, declare that they do not contemplate introducing restrictions which will prevent the participation by merchant vessels of His Majesty in these trades in China or the participation of Chinese merchant vessels in these trades in the territories of His Majesty to which the treaty applies, pending the making of further arrangements between them or the conclusion of the comprehensive treaty referred to in Article 8".

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