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Becypher. Sir M. Lampson (Nanking).
March 30, 1931.
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March 31, 1931.
R. 9.0 a.m.
April 1, 1931.
No. 89
Tour.
Confidential.
My telegram No. 87. (84)
I fully informed United States Minister.
2. He is purposely refraining from seeing Dr Wang on extra-territoriality or showing any anxiety to push on his negotiations in view of ebstinate Chinese attitude as defined by Chinese Minister at Washington. He asked me if this was a helpful line to our negotiations and I replied that it certainly was though I did not wish to influence his judgment. If Chinese realized that they could not play upon America it should make them more amenable to my minimum demands e.g. four reservod areas.
Addressed to Foreign Office repeated to Peking.