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well as to Sir Miles Lampson's telegram No.1085
of July 5th, suggesting that larger forces should be
concentrated in the North.
The Secretary of State for War informed the
Cabinet that he had approved the terms of the
announcement in regard to the withdrawal of the
Indian Mixed Brigade before he had seen Sir Miles
Lampson's telegrams on the subject.
The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
told the Cabinet that he intended to study the question
of the numbers of British troops in North China in the
light of Sir Miles Lampson's telegrams.
The Cabinet agreed :-
That the Secretary of State for War should have
authority to use, for the withdrawal to India of the
Indian Mixed Brigade, two of the reserve of ships
retained in the Far East to facilitate the transfer
of forces from one part of China to another.