I do not like this idea in the draft. 198 I think we should announce the world our offer

offer of a Garden Remembrance under joint

of

trusteeshing. This will force this Chinese Gor! to explain why kics

do not accept it a this will takes some doing. I kink

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give the imagination of they do not accept ARRES

our

offer

then we should

proceed with his park indea, keep all squalled out't Will the Chinese that we will resist any they may make.

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10/3

Sir Thomas Lloyd discussed this

with Mr. Rees-Williams. Mr. Seel was present part of the time. Mr. Rees- Williams agreed that his point would be met for the present, by the addition of a paragraph to the draft telegram asking for the Governor's views on the question of our intimating to the Chinese in our next communication to them that we shall now have to give publicity to our efforts to find a solution of this problem, including our offer of a Garden of Remembrance under joint trusteeship, and the Chinese rejection of it.

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