2.
to discuss the question further. I had already said that
I had informed the Foreign Office of Hsu Mo's letter. The
whole matter was a very small one and the area not much
bigger than His Excellency's own garden. It did not seem
worth a major dispute.
His Excellency listened very quietly. He agreed with
my last remark. He asked which Department at home had the
final say, Foreign Office or Colonial Office.
(Itd.) H.M, X-H.
May 3rd, 1937.
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