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WAR CABINET DISTRIBUTION
FROM: CHINA
FROM CHUNGKING TO FOREIGN OFFICE
Sir H. Seymour.
No. 1748.
December 31st, 1942.
D. 2.30 p.m. December 31st, 1942. R. 7.30 p.m. December 31st, 1942.
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IMMEDIATE.
My immediately preceding telegram.
Agreed minutes contain only two paragraphs and text is as follows.
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With reference to paragraph 1 (a) annex to notę from Chinese Minister for Foreign Affairs to His Majesty's Ambassador in connexion with treaty signed to-day, it is understood that both high contracting parties reserve the right to close any port to all overseas merchant shipping for reasons of national security,
With reference to paragraph 1 (G) annex to note from Chinese Minister for Foreign Affairs to His Majesty's Ambassador in connexion with treaty aigned to-day, His Majesty's Ambassador informed the Chinese Government that trade between India on the one hand and Burma or Ceylun on the other has always been regarded as coasting tradě.
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