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in arms and money from the Soviet Government.
The Cabinet agreed
(2) To approve generally the Fifth Report by the Chiefs
of Staff on Sanctions in China (Paper C.P.141(27))
subject to amendment of the draft instructions to the
Naval Commander-in-Chief with the object of making clear
the circumstances in which the prior sanction of His
Majesty's Government should be obtained before taking
punitive action.
(20) That the First Lord of the Admiralty, in consultation
with the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, should
draw up telegraphic instructions to the Naval
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Commander-in-Chief based on the Fifth Report of the
Chiefs of Staff, amended as above, and that the telegram
should be repeated to the British Minister at Peking.
That the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs'
telegram No.353 to Sir Miles Lampson, authorising the
British Minister to withdraw Mr. Newton from Hankow and
to notify the Hankow Goverment on the lines proposed
in his telegram No.832, should now be approved.
To take note that the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs was preparing and would circulate a Memorandum
on the subject of the Hankow Agreement, in order that
the
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