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(73) letters Nos. F 390/42/10 of the 5th January,F984/42/10 of the
53838/24/38 (72) 2nd February, and F930/42/10 of the 31st January). It will
be observed that the Japanese Consul-General shows some sign
of desiring the railway to be reopened, provided that a
formula can be found to dissociate such a reopening entirely
from other railways in China so that no precedent would be
created. In Lord Halifax's view it is undesirable that His
Majesty's Government should suggest any such formula, but he
would propose, subject to the concurrence of Mr. Secretary
MacDonald, to telegraph to His Majesty's Ambassador at
Shanghai in the sense of the attached draft. The concurrence
in this draft of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's
Treasury has also been invited.
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
R. E. Howe