WITH THE COMPLIMENTS
OF THE
UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE India Office,
FOR INDIA.
BROC/AR 26 NOV 1942
Dear Ashley Clarke.
No.
-hitehall,
26 Kerehher, 1948.
106 305
4111 you please refer to the GOVEST:nt or Ini telegram Ne, 9201 of 18th November regarding the Chine Extreterritoriality Treuty. Copies have slready gone to the woreign office.
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1:unt entirely clear whether surograph 40 this telegram means that the Goverænent of India would still like both their reservations to Article 6 of the Greaty, or whether they meintein their request for a reserve ŭion in respect of peacetime restrictions but are ready to drop that in respect or wartime reotoiotion. or whether they are content to leave the article es it standa without sny Pearrvation. e interpret their telegrem to reen that they would like their request for both reservetions to stand, but are making them to confirm thas. Ge shell of course have to vecensider the point in any case if the Chinese jib at our reservationo.
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Incidentally if, as seems likely, we have to agree to the omission of the reference to the carrying on of corneroe in the ancunk sentence of article is the proposed reservatione may be of some Tele to us AB atrengthening the inea tint the very Yasue firot sentence he got some substantial content; the · argument in thought necessary to 001 100nteepvetion that the first sentence does not give more thion notional treatment in respect of travel, residence and coveree, and in sortime does not
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H. Ashley Clarke, Baq.,
Foreim office,
London, 5.4.1.
Prev Ref. 1.0 Letter d- 20-11-42.
NO Ext 16285/42
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