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symbol and therefore in times like these on the River,
when all of us are having to reduce our Hankow staffs for
lack of something to do, it becomes of more than intrinsic
importance. My British Council guest did not altogether
dismiss my argument.
•Vistula?
(2). Of course, if the Admiralty want the gunboats
elsewhere as fighting units, there is not much more to be,
said, except to wonder about any possible useful destination.
(3). In that case, if they are going away lock, stock
and barrel to fight, Gull is quite right in demanding some
gesture to compensate.
Swatow. It may interest you to look through the
return.
attached, which please ret
reta
as restes
Yours sincerely,
tutuire
R.G.Howe Esq., C.M.G.,
Foreign Office,
S.W. 1
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