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Ref your 58502 (M.C.12) July 9th.
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Project i closely bound up vit. American attitude still tending to harden towards British rility organis.tions in China. Americans regari China as their the tre and barely tolerate our
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They are in any case extremely suspicious of our activities and I face continual crises, obstructions, in pricks ali t e like. litherto these aifficulties have been miti ted by a policy of complets frankness with Fedemeyer on the part of General Carton de furt and myself. We are both completely committed to keeping him informed of all (repeat 11) we do in the military field.
any other basis we would have had to close worn completely some months ago.
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We both have gained the Impression that ledemeyer is erɛon lly op. Osed to any action by the British in Ching directed to the reocupation of Hong Kong. Canton is now kuown to be one of the objectives of forthcoming offensive by a rican trained (? concentration) of Chinese Gorbat onu sna it may be that Hong Song is another. On the other hand I have no soubt that China Corona zona even with extensive help from the sea inching necessary landing cruft nu other special equipment rill have eat difficulty ca turing Hong Kong island if Japallese scide garrison fight to last.
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bel nging to Comunist (? For oilted) Ja, &nese themselves Lay connive at such a course.
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