The Archive · 1940

Agreement Queried

London, July 11, In the House of Commons yes: terday Mr. Wilfrid Roberts (Liberal member "of North" Cumberland) asked Mr. R.A. Butler, Under-[Secretary of State for Foreign At fairs, whether any protest had been made on behalf' of the Chinese Government with regard to Part 1 thie recent Tientsin Agreement, which dealt with the question of Anglo-Japanese police ce-operation, Jor regarding Part 3 concerning the question of currency.

Mr. R.A. Butler replied: "Lord Halifax "has been informed by the [Chinese Ambassador that the Chi nese Government had addressed a Note to the British Embassy. in (Chungking, "sotting forth its stand: point regarding the police and cur-Feney arrangements in the Tientsin agreement. The text of the Note has not yet been received in London."

Supplementing his reply Mr. Butler said: "The Chinese "Ambas sador indicated certain. reservations by the Chinese Government, respect of two paris of the agrecment referred. 10.

"It will be remembered that in my previous statement, I stid that the JChinese Government's " concurrence was sought and given to the part of the agreement relating to silver."—Reuter.

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