CO129-588-24 China- British extra-territorial rights- negotiations with China 23-11-1942 - 1-1-1943 — Page 191

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8 - DEC 1942

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No. 7 8099/65/10.

FOREIGN OFFICE, S.W.1.

8th December 1842.

VED

- 9 DEC1942

C. O. REGY

In my letter of the 4th ecember I enclosed a copy of

the latest revised draft of our treaty with China for the

relinquishment of extraterritoriality, together with the

draft of a supplementary note desling with related matters.

«e have now instructed our abs ador at Chungking to

propose tent paragraph 1 (g, of the annex to the note, an

the subject of coastal tree and inland navigation, should

be altered so as to bring out more clearly the reciprocal

nature of the arrangement which we are asking the Chinese

Our sugested alterat on is that the

second half of paragraph 1 (8) after the words "coastal trade

and inland nɛvigation of the epublic of China' shall be

Government to accept.

so accept. wur

amended to read:

end the Republic of whine relinquishes its rights

under

His Excellency

rticle 12 of the Convention signed at sondon on

1st/

The Honourable John &. inant.