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within those provinces under Marshal
Feng's control. Special delegates from
Russia will undertake the work of
distribution for the purpose of
propaganda.
(c) The political situation in Shantung is
most detrimental to Russia.
We must be
quick enough to oust Chang Chung-chang,
the Japanese-aided militarist.
The following 3 steps are to be taken in
Shanghai :-
(1) Use the influence of the Southern
members in the Nanking Government to make
the Authorities to adopt suitable plans for the elimination of militaristic power in Shantung Province.
(2) Oppose the Japanese expedition to Shantung, as such an expedition means a help to Chang Chung-chang.
(3) Instruct Marshal Feng to settle the Shantung question with military power
according to the development of the political situation in China.
(d) Peiping and the Chihli Province are the
most important places.
It is necessary
to establish an organization in the
Russian Consulate at Tientsin to watch all
the military leaders in that city.
The
Chinese 'military mufti corps (Tchon)
should be immediately organized under the supervision of the Russian Political and
Military Association. The object of
these organizations is to threaten the
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