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was sure that the Generalissimo would be
grateful for my message and would appreciate it
as a mark of the continued sympathy of H.M.
Government.
4.
After a reference to the Chinese
Government's request for an air mission and an
enquiry about the possible sale to China of
second-line aeroplanes, His Excellency went on
to speak of the war in China. He said his
Government were much encouraged by the successes
which the Chinese regular and irregular forces
had recently obtained in the field. It was
very significant, His Excellency thought, that
certain peace feelers had been put out by the
Japanese to Mr. T. V. Soong during his recent
visit to Hong Kong.
I should be aware that
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Mr. T. V. Soong had always been very insistent
that any peace settlement must be both reasonable
and equitable and His Excellency thought that
it was quietly encouraging that the Japanese
should have made their approaches to him.
5. I thanked His Excellency for this
information.
The Japanese move certainly
seemed to me to be a straw to show which way
the wind was blowing.
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