OUTWARD TELEGRAM
Cypher/OTP F.5776/361/10 Confidential
No. 356
DEPARTMENTAL DISTRIBUTION.
FROM FOREIGN OFFICE TO NANKING.
21st April 1948. D. 3.15 p.m. 21st April 1948.
IMPORTANT.
CONFIDENTIAL.
Canton incident.
Your telegram No. 358 [of 20th April] as decyphered here quotes a figure of "about three million (repeat million) pounds". Figure given in your telegram No. 319 was "three hundred thousand pounds". Please confirm that the latter is correct.
2. It is desirable that any statement on the subject should be made first in Parliament, and I will arrange for you to be given due notice, if this is decided on. In the meantime you should not, repeat not, inform Reuters agent.
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