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CHINA.
37
Decypher.
His Majesty's Consul General
(Shanghai).
2nd December 1926.
P.O
D.
R.
6.20 p.m. 2nd December 1926. 12.50 p.m. 2nd December 1926.
No. 35.
Following from Mr. Lampson. Begins.
My telegram to Peking to-day.
We must be careful not to make the position of Inspector-General more difficult than it already is: and to make him, as a British subject, act directly contrary to wishes of the Japanese and American governments might well have this effect.
However I am asking O'Malley to clear up his precise status vis-à-vis Foreign Powers, on which the matter really turns, But meanwhile I feel much more satisfactory solution would be to bring America and Japan into line by action at their respective
capitals. Ends.
Repeated to Peking No.92.
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