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6. In Ticntsin, the other area where large

British interests are concerned, the Chinese

Commissioners and the advisers have come to a

deadlock, and the questions at issue have been

referred to Nanking for discussion at the diplomatic

level. A major difficulty here is that various

properties which were in effect official assets of the

concession were held under Deed of Trust in the

namos of British trustccs to secure effective

discharge of the liabilitios of the former British

Municipal Council. Instructions are being sent to

H.M. Embassy which it is hoped may enable those logal

knots to bo disentangled to the satisfaction of both

sides, and at the same time provide for adequato

hospital, educational and other facilitics of

British residents.