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him it might well be less accomodating than their
predecessors in office. To be frank extraterritorial..
ity negotiations were dead and would in my opinion
romain so for at least another year.
He repeated request to submit matter to you and hoped that we would continue to take lead which
would be found to our benefit just as it had up to date.
4. I should be glad of instructions.
5.
Turning to Mandate of May 4th, he said that he had taken matter up with his colleagues explaining shortness of time and physical difficulties in the way of enforcing it on January 1st. He personally favoured postponement but once more it was question of internal politics. From his attitude I gathered that it is criticism from Canton elements of which
they are afraid and that this is also the motive of the movement reported in paragraph 1.
6.
Confidential. United States Minister
recently told me attitude of the State Department remains unchanged. But he has no instructions to
touch the question afresh,
Addressed to the Foreign Office, repeated to
Peking and Shanghai.
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