CO129-589-1 Sino-Japanese War- shipping on Pearl River 26-1-1941 - 17-6-1941 — Page 13

Paragraph 9. from bauton Political Repard,

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Messrs. Butterfield Shire's s.s. "Fatshan" is now running with the aid of a subsidy from the Hong Kong Government, in order to avoid the cessation of sailings of British vessels under the Blunt-úkasaki agreement. Negotiations with the Japanese Consul-General regarding a cargo agreement will be resumed shortly, but prospects of a mutually satisfactory outcome are slight.