[This Document Is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government, and should be returned to the Foreign Office if not required for official use.]
(F.5791/93/10).
To CHINA.
Code telegram to ir M. Lempson (Peking).
Foreign Office, July 5th 1927. 6.00 p.m. No.455. (R).
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Your telegram No.1033 (Boxed Indemnity).
There can be no question of introducing Amending Bill this session as it is not possible in present conditions to decido in what respects present act should be america, But this need not affect the creation of the proposed provisional committee which can be constituted without any legislation here. We approve your proposal to ask Hu Shih to sound Tsai, Wang Chung-hui also Tou Min-yi, unless we rovert to former proposal of inviting Dr. Tosi to nominate the sixth member.
We agree regretfully that it is advisable to omit Ting.
If when Chinese members are completed we should propose to obtain British members. From your telegrem No.633 we understand you have approached Young end Miss Spicer. Have they accepted? Have you approached any others? Balme probably available.
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