his Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government, and should be
returned to the Foreign Office if not required for official use.]
From CHINA,
De code.
Sir M. Lampson (Peking)
2nd April 1929.
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5.20 p.m.
2nd April 1929.
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My telegram No. 175.
On March 29th Minister for Foreign Affairs asked
Consul General Nanking to send me urgent message re-
questing that anas embargo might be raised.
This morning I discussed this with Japanese
Chargé d'Affaires and United States Minister.
United States Minister remains strongly in favour
of immediate withdrawal. Now that we have recognised
a unified government of China, State Department regard
continued embargo as a complete anomaly. He had not
been approached direct by Wang as I had been but, if
he was, he fancied his government might wish to with-
draw forthwith regardless of what others did, I sald
that apart from question of Japan's attitude there were
two ways of looking at the matter in view of present
fighting. First, that the time could not be moro
inopportune to withdraw and that withdrawal would cause
much criticism; second, that now that recognised
government were struggling to assert effective control
over recalcitrant provinces, it was illogical to
prevent their purchasing the sinews of war with which to
do so. I could not at present see clearly which was
the
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