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ENCLOSURE NO.1.
Memorandum by Major Hilton Johnson,
Commissioner General of the Shang-
bai Municipal Council.
During the last three days I have seen and held extended conversation with Dr.V.K.Ting,
Marshal Sun Chuan-fang's official representative
in Shanghai; Mr.Sung Hsueh-chin, his personal business and financial representative; Mr. Fu
Siao-en, Chairman of the Chinese General Chamber
of Commerce, a staunch henchman of Sun's with much
to lose in the event of his failure in these parts;
and two Cantonese of the moderate wing of the
Kuomintang one of the with considerable Goverment experience in Canton behind him and (with C.C.Wu) a principal leader of the right wing party in Shanghai.
I have also had the benefit of hearing the views of
Col Steward, British Military Attache, who has been
closely following the operation in Kiangsi, and who
recently arrived in Shanghai.
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From these people, from certain communications emanating from official sources, and from the general
trend of events as shown in the day's news, I have
formed certain impressions which I now set down for your information.
Ting appears to be philosophically resigned. He professes a certain degree of confidence in Sun's ability to retain a good deal of what he still has left. But he also spoke of "fighting to the Last"
and
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