Annual Report, 1945-1946

Includes: End of Japanese War. Principal problems, (a) internees in the Far East (b) British Owned properties in Japanese occupied territories. Posting of Sir Alan Mossop to the British Embassy to direct internee affairs. Extension of the scope of the Far/Eastern Relief Fund to provide help to retur...

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Order number: CHAS/A/10A
Date(s) of creation: 1945-1946
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: China Association

Order number: CHAS/A/10A
Summary: Includes: End of Japanese War. Principal problems, (a) internees in the Far East (b) British Owned properties in Japanese occupied territories. Posting of Sir Alan Mossop to the British Embassy to direct internee affairs. Extension of the scope of the Far/Eastern Relief Fund to provide help to returning internees. Establishment of a hostel. Work of the Association's Rehabilitation Sub-committee. British owned properties. The Association stresses the importance of physical occupation. Call by the American authorities for the early return of key men in the public utilities. Shanghai Municipal Council Employees. Association impresses on the Government their responsibility for financial recompense to the Shanghai Municipal Council. employees who found themselves without employment or money as a result of the relinquishment of extrality by HM G. Trade Committees. Discussions with government departments of current problems. War Claims. Compensation for losses discussed with government departments. Study of Chinese Laws. Questionable validity of official translations. Commercial Mission to China. Recommendation for the despatch of a joint Mission to China. Study of the Chinese Languages. Decision to form a class for beginners at the School of Oriental and African Studies. Information Services. The Political Intelligence Department. Consular Representation. Shortage of staff to fill Consular posts in China. Return Passages to Hongkong. Responsibility for the payment of passages. New Treaty. Discussion of the draft of the Treaty of Commerce, Amity and Navigation. Assistance to Chinese Visitors to the United Kingdom. Offer to the Chinese Embassy of the co-operation of the Association. Japan sub-committee. Appointment. Meeting with Sir Horace Seymour. Commercial Counsellor to the Chugking Embassy. Discussion of the probable lines of Chinese Government legislation on foreign businesses. Chronological Summary of Principal Events in China, Hongkong & Japan. From June 1945 to 29th March 1946. Appendix. Text of the Russio-Chinese Treaty of Amity of 27th Aug.1945. Simultaneous conclusion of agreements on; the China-Changchun Railway, ; Port Arthur and Dairen; the entry of Russian troops into Manchuria; the independence of Outer Mongolia; Chinese sovereignty in Manchuria and events in Sinkiang.
Main author: China Association
Extent: 1 set of minutes
Access status: Open
Language: English
Physical description: Bound in volume
Format: Archive