HC Deb 10 July 1940 vol 362 cc1138-9
2. Mr. Wilfrid Roberts

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any protest has been made on behalf of the Chinese Government with regard to Part I of the recent Tientsin Agreement, which dealt with the question of Anglo-Japanese police co-operation, or with regard to Part III, which concerned the question of currency?

Mr. Butler

My Noble Friend has been informed by His Excellency the Chinese Ambassador that the Chinese Government have addressed a note to His Majesty's Embassy at Chungking setting forth their standpoint with regard to the police and currency arrangements in the Tientsin Agreement. The text of the note has not yet been received in London.

Mr. Roberts

Has the Chinese Ambassador here made any representations?

Mr. Butler

Yes, Sir. He indicated certain reservations of the Chinese Government in respect of the two parts of the Agreement to which the hon. Member refers. It will be remembered that in the previous statement I made, I said that the Chinese Government's concurrence was sought and given to the part of the Agreement relating to silver.

Mr. Thorne

Is that war still going on?

Mr. Butler

Yes, Sir.