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GUARD
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[CYPHER]
FROM CHUNGKING TO FOREIGN OFFICE
Sir H.Seymour.
No.987
30th August, 1945.
DEPARTMENTAL NO.1.
D. 2.18 p.m. GMT 30th August,
1945.
R. 3.35 p.m. BST 30th August,
1945.
Repeated to [grp.omitted].
MOST LEDIATE
TOP SECRET
GUARD
My telegram 984. Hope
I saw Chiang Kai-shek with General Carton de Wiart this afternoon. He declined to accept either the proposal that he should waive his powers or that he should be represented by a British officer. He stands firm on his position as Commander-in-chief of China Theatre and maintains he had already delegated his powers by his communication to President etc. It is quite evident that no argument will move him from this position.
Repeated to Washington and Sacsea.
[Ends].
O.T.P.
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