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Have shown this signal to H.M. Ambassador who recommends new paragraphs be accepted.
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Full copy of minutes follows by bag.
This morning Wedemeyer suggested that agreement should be signed. Have I your authority to do sc? Please signal earliest also your agreement or comments new paragraphs.
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Probable surrender dates now suggested are 10th or 11th Party or British 2 Americans, proposes
Chinese 16 Fress 3Corrupt group leaving Lee Chungking by air 9th. Chinese require large
number for combined Sino-British food fuel examination. Am signalling Admiral Harcourt direct about party.
18A
Circulation.
First Sea Lord.
C.I.G.S. C.A.S.
Foreign Office.
S. of S. Dominions. S. of S. Colonies. S. of S. India. Defence Office.
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