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Henkow and to give fresh instructions to Sir Miles
Lampson and T. O'alley.
Sir Austen Chamberlain then referred to Sir
Miles Lampson's telegram o.8 of January 3rd, in which
he had outlined practical suggestions for giving effect
to the Memorandum of Policy approved by the Cabinet
on December 1, 1926 (Cabinet 61 (26) Conclusion 4).
This had been examined in the Foreign Office, who
were in entire agreement with Sir Miles Lampson, and
had prepared a draft telegram of instructions on the
subject.
The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
concluded by setting forth the policy which he
proposed a policy which was adopted -s part of the
Government's whole policy towards China, as set forth
in the Conclusions given below.
Shortly after, the Chiefs of Staff of the
three Fighting Services, Sir Arthur Hirtzel (Permanent
Under Secretary to the India Office) and Field Marshal
Sir Claude Jacob (Military Secretary, India Office)
were introduced.
The First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval
Staff made a verbal statement in regard to the draft
Report of the Chiefs of Staff Sub-Committee on the
subject of the defence of Shanghai, in the course of
which he added to the Conclusions and Recommendations
in Poragraph 7 a fresh Conclusion (c) to the effect
that the recommendations as to the British forces
required to be sent out to Shanghai were based on the
escumption that the remainder of the estimated force of
one Division would be supplied by other Powers, and
that if these Powers were unwilling to co-operate and
it was still desired to hold Shanghai, the whole
Division would have to be supplied from British
Bources.