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the Japanese were desirous of increasing this quantity. It seems
inconceivable that whatever the Joint General Managers may do or
direct, Chinese workmen, artisans and engineers, will deny their
co-operation in the working of the Kaiping Lines now.
sent to
Having, in the light of these circumstances, given very
careful consideration to the terms of the reply which the F.. have
the Committee of Management have come to the con-
clusion that neither the British General Manager and the British
Staff, nor the Chinese General Manager and the Chinese Staff, will
find it helpful, and they regret that they were not given an oppor-
tunity of tendering their advice before the telegram was despatched.
In my Committee's view, it is essential, in the interest
of Great Britain and China, who are allies at war with Japan, that
the British General Manager and the British staff, and the Chinese
General Manager and the Chinese staff, should work in the closest co-operation i
co-operation is preparation £f planarinebion-and in the prepara
tion of plans for the conduct of the Administration's affairs and in
putting these plans into effect.
effe
It is, therefore, most desirable
that in whatever instructions or advice the British General Manager
may receive from the F.. the Chinese Government should concur,
and that exactly parallel instructions or advice should be issued
by the Chinese Government to the Chinese General Manager. That
instructions or advice would be appropriate the Chinese Government
in Chungking, who have no doubt ways and means of obtaining informa-
tion as to the situation in North China, may well be in the best
position to judge, and my Board of Directors think it highly desir-
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