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IMMEDIATE. SECRET
CHINA.
Cypher telegram to Sir M. Lampson,
Foreign Office, 14th April, 1927.
No. 288.
(Peking)
8.30.p.m.
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My telegram No. 279.
Following is a summary of the conclusions and
recommendations submitted by the chiefs of staff in
their preliminary report of the question of possible
sanctions for the Nanking outrages.
1. In present conditions the destruction or
occupation of the forts on the Yangtse and of the
arsenal at Hankow should be abandoned as a measure of
sanction, though, if circumstances change, it might
again prove useful:
2. In present conditions the re-occupation of
the British concession at Hankow, involving the
maintenance of a military garrison there, is not
considered a feasible operation:
3
The seizure of the Cantonese Fleet is a
feasible operation which should exercise some effect
on the Cantonese. We feel bound to mention, however,
that the disturbed situation at Amoy has been improved
owing to the efforts of the Southern Chinese naval
authorities:
4.
Although the seizure of Customs revenues is
not a strictly military sanction, we venture to
recommend that the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs should consult the Consul-General at Shanghai
in.
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