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involved, make the preference for delay understandable. Nevertheless unless some interim solution is found
within the next 2 or 3 years, there is a serious risk some would say certainty of failure of confidence and
a flight of capital.
19. I am sending a copy of this despatch to HMA
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in Peking.
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I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient servant
M
MacLepose
CM MacLehbse
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