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9. If the Kwongsi leaders did not act quickly and
wisely, disaster would be their lot. The Kwongtung
leaders, except Admiral Chan Chak, have no wish to fight Kwongsi, but they may be driven to do so if Chiang Kai-shek
were to send Chang Fat-fui back to Kwongtung ostensibly
for the purpose of assisting Kwongtung in its defence
against Kwongsi. Owning allegiance to the Central
Government, Kwongtung could not, under the circumstance,
refuse admittance to Chang Fat-fui's forces which, once
back in the province, may supplant "their hosts".
move of Chiang Kai-shek would be short-sighted.
gain his immediate object, but in the end the province
would fall into the hands of the Leftists Wang Ching-wei
and his henchmen.
Sig
This
He might
(Signed) R. H. Kotewall.
2nd May, 1929.
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