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Mr. E. J. Harding.
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Mr. Amey.
DRAFT. Telegram (Cypher).
Governor. Hong Kong,
Private and Personal.
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Both the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs and I realise that it is
necessary that you should be fully informed as to our policy in China and should see at the earliest possible moment the telegrams on which it is formed, but in present critical state of affairs and having regard to the delicacy of our relations to foreign powers in these matters Foreign Office are extremely anxious lest discussion of questions of general policy even under the confidential conditions of
the Executive Council should give rise to some unguarded expression of opinion
Butside by individual members that would give
some hint of our intentions in matters
of high policy before they have been
put