2.
He asked whether I should wait for the next move
from them and I said yes seeing that possible idea of throwing in shameen has long been at the back of my mind. Do you attach sufficient importance to four reserved areas and ten years duration to think it worth while exploring this possibility in case of need? If so I presume any squaring of the French
would be done in London.
Addressed to Foreign Office No.104, April 2nd
repeated to Peking.
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