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effect reserved the position of the signatories on the interpret of 587€ this clause.
T'ז
The fact is that, as regards policy, we and the Americans are agreed that a decision on Formosa must be delayed pending some form of Far Eastern settlement, and that as long as China is obstructing the fulfilment of the Cairo Declaration in respect of Korea, she cannot expect to receive any benefits under the Cairo Declaration in respect of Formosa. It should be possible, given agreement on Chinese partici- pation, to find a formula which would fit this agreed policy on Formosa into the framework of the Treaty.
22. I invite my colleagues to agree to the proposals set out above.
Foreign Office, S.W. 1,
23rd May, 1951.
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