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disastrous if (as I believe) we are not in a position to hit back.
I desire therefore once more to sound a note of warning and to urge most strongly that His Majesty's Consul-General at Tientsin may, in view of his knowledge of local conditions be given as full discretion as possible in giving effect to the general ruling contained in your telegram to Chungking 100.
Addressed to Foreign Office telegram No. 451 of 19th May; repeated to Shanghai telegram No. 362 (for Tientsin telegram No. 34).