'A. further official report on the! Soviet trade agencies is given here. with:—
Nanking, Dec. 21.
A provisional committee of four has been appointed inn mandate Iaaued jointly by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Finance and Communications to supervise the Viquidation of the Soviet State Commercial Agencies in Shanghai. The three Ministries each will have with Mr. Quo Tal-chi, representing. the Bureau of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Taai Tseng-chi, representing Pin: ance, and Mr. Sung Fan representing Communications. The fourth member, who is yet to be appointed, will special Municipality of Greater Shanghai, and will be appointed by that authority. Mr. Quo Tai-chi, Viee-Minister of Foreign Affairs and Commissioner of Foreign Affairs for Kiangsu, will be the chairman of the committee.
Following is a trans mandate of the three "In pursuance of the mandate of the Nationalist Government, dated December 14, ordering that the Soviet State Commercial Agencies in the variant provinces shall. suspend their functions, the Ministry. Foreign Affairs has instructed its subordinate organs, the namely tions for their guidance.
all the Soviet State Commercial Agencies, the one stationed in Shanghai is by far the most im-Portant, which fact itself neces. sitares the immediate suspension of its functions before its ultimate lation, but its scope of a ties being so extensive and it will require the ce-operatic all, the authorities' concerned, order to effect i cessfully and without confusion. Te witfra view to this end that the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Fi ance, and Communications" have created this provisional committee to supervise the liquidation of the Soviet State Commercial Agencies in Shanghai and have accordingly fand respectively appointed Messrs. Quo. Tat-chi, Tsai Tseng-chi, and Sung Fan to serve s members of this committee, having also, at the same time, requested the "Special Municipality of Greater Shanghai to make its appointment on the committee. It has been further decided to appoint Bir. Quo Taichi as chaitmian of the committee, "The provisional committee is hereby empowered to supervise all matters concerning the liquidation of the. Soviet State Commercial Agencies In Shanghai."—Kao Min.
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