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reasonably go further than this to meet them.
"R" ends.
Reference by Rear Admiral Sukigara to
desirability of local settlement leads me to suspect
a try-on as he must know that important point of
principle involved has already formed the subject of an
exchange of views between governments.
I fear that
unless we stand firm now we are bound to be in for
greater trouble later.
Repeated to Shanghai No. 931, Canton No. 18
and Commander-in-Chief
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