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(c) that the Admiralty should instruct the Naval Commander-in-Chief to
repeat the telegrams in Appendices I and il to these Minutes to
the British Minister at Peking:
(d) Not to adopt, in present circumstances, the proposal in the
Second Report of the Chiefs of Staff (Paper C.F.128(27)) in
favour of greater powers being given to the Naval forces not
merely to fire on but to counter-attack with all their power those
who fired on ships flying the British Flag on the Yangtse.
question whether this proposal should be adopted on its merits,
not as a sanction but as a measure of security, was reserved.
The