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Sir M. Lampson
From CHINA.
(Peking).
June 25th, 1927.
D. 6.20 p.m.
R. 6.20 p.m.
June 25th, 1927.
June 27th, 1927.
No. 1033. (R).
My telegram No. 50 from Shanghai.
I subsequently saw Hushi twice. On the first
occasion he was very doubtful of the Nanking goverment
being able to associate themselves in any way with
proposed provisional committee. But after consulting them he found to his surprise they were on the contrary
most anxious to proceed as soon as possible and he communicated the following eight names they had nominated
as acceptable to them: Yen, 0.0. Wang, Hushi, Tsai, Wang Chung-hui, 0.0, Fu, Tsu Min-yi (member of Education Committee of Kwangtun) and Chow Pei-chen recently appointed by the Nanking government as Director-General
of projected Nanking government bank.
He said that Hanking was very bitter against V.K.
Ting whose life might even be in danger if they caught
him and that they insisted on his exclusion at least
for the present. Of the others 0.0. u was not
anxious to serve realising that his being a member of
the government was against it.
I pointed out that whereas there were eight
nominations on the list, only (72; were in fact wanted. He said that he knew that and thought we could pick
the ones we wanted. He added that though his name was on
the list he himself gravely doubted the wisdom in the
present