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ENCLOSU-E NO. 3 in CANTON DESPATCH No. 146 of 24/3/1940 to B.E. 3HANIHA.
Counter Proposals of the Japanese Consular Authorities,
after consultation with the military, on my preliminary
porposals as amended by them on Kay 28th (see para. 4 of
and enclosure No. 2 to my despatch No. 129 of 29/8/1940)
which were handed to me by Mr. Keta on June lat. Mr. Kita
left for Shanghai on June 3rd, but I have a long discussion
with Mesars, Yoshioka and Hayasaki on the changes cont»ined
in the counter proposals.
These counter proposals are attached. The Japanese
(see Enel.2) additions are underlined in red ink, and their omissions are
underlined in blue ink. I told Messrs. Yoshioka and Haya saki
that I was not in a position to discuss anything further until
I learnt more from H.V. Embassy but in object was to discover
the reasons for the new Japanese amendmentu and to see what,
if any thing could be done about them. We then proceeded to
discuss the amendmenta soziatim with the following regti že
1.
# to the amoond intraluctory clnuse (previously called
the "2.8.") the Japanese authorities had left out - "and the
next stages will follow within a reasonable time” because
what constituted "a reasonable time" would lie with the military
authorities and seemed meaningless. They were quite agreeable
to omitting the whole clause as seems to be wished at present
by the Hongkong Government and shipping companies.
2.
liked.
As regards paragrah 1, clause 1, the first addition
ther govemment chartered or not" would be out out if we
hey insisted that the addition at the end of the same
paragraph i.c. for was imposed...............urgent military necessity"
was important. At Shanghai, for instance, on one occasion it
was discovered in the middle of the night that certain national
aurrenay notes were to be shipped in large quantities by some
American vessel. These had passed the Customs but export was
contrary to Japanese military requirements.
dotion by Qustoms
Notification could not be managed: the naval authorities ware
obliged to take direct action. It was to avoid the yez unlikely
recurrence of such incidents here that this sentence was added.
If we cared to make any audition to paragraph 2 of clause 1 granting similar powers to the Hongkong Government I understood
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