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thic measure the plan is in the nature of a bluff;
(d) there is no sufficient guarantee that the plan
would prove efficaciouɛ.
(3) The unanimous opinion of the experts here
is that, given the non-evacuation of Shemeen as an
essential premise, no erfective action can be taken
beyond the preventive measures against pickets which
have already been adopted, combined with a show of
force in Canton harbour.
(4) In these circumstances unless any fresh
measures can be sugested by H.. Acting Consul-
General at Canton or by the Governor of Hongkong
or a practicable nature we must leave it to the
former to continue the efforts he is already making
to get the boycott removed on whatever lines he thinks
best subject to the instructions he has already
roccived.
Repeat to Cayton, Shanghai, Hongkong, Tokyo.
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