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FROM CHINA.
Decypher,
Mr. Blunt (Canton).
18th November, 1937.
D.
( BY W/T)
18th November, 1937.
R.
6.C0 p.m.
18th November, 1937.
No.56.
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I like that!
Addressed to Peking No.134.
My telegram No.117.
Mayor returned November 4th.
In reply to my enquiries he was reticent about his conversations in Indo-China but admitted that government had agreed tacitly to passage of military material and remarked
that French had "less fear" than British.
2. A reliable Chinese source informs me that in
return the Mayor agreed to special facilities for importation into Indo-China of salt, rice and coal.
3. Mayor confirmed local rumours of great progress
in roads and mentioned new roads from Talifu to Burma and
Mengtze to Indo-China border.
Repeated to Nanking Foreign Office. Governor Hongkong,
Commercial Counsellor, Shanghai.