HC Deb 15 June 1936 vol 313 cc613-4
2. Mr. MOREING

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is still satisfied that the Japanese Government are opposed to the establishment of special Customs tariffs by any local authority in China; and whether such opposition extends to the establishment of a separate Customs administration in the Hopei-Chahar area?

The SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. Eden)

An assurance regarding the point dealt with in the first part of my hon. Friend's question was referred to in the reply given by the Prime Minister to my hon. Friend the Member for Stourbridge (Mr. Morgan) on 13th May. The attitude of the Japanese Government will presumably be further defined when the report of the Japanese official now investigating the situation generally has been received and considered.

Mr. MOREING

Can the right hon. Gentleman say whether the Japanese official proceeded to North China to make his investigations?

Mr. EDEN

Yes, I understand so.

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