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should begin "whether the dispute is a suitable one,
etc."
With regard to the main point dealt with in your
letter, while, naturally, we should like to see the case
settled by a compromise acceptable to both sides, our
first reaction is that we should like to have the views
of the Law Officers on the legal.position before coming
to a conclusion on your suggestion. We should also
like to know the views of the China Department of
your Office on it. Perhaps the best course would be to discuss it when we (with members of the Foreign Office and Colonial Office departments concerned) meet to
consider the draft reference to the Law Officers.
even if the view is then prima facie favourable to your
suggestion, we should not be able to reach any
But
final conclusion on it without further consultation with
our Ambassador at Nanking and the Governor of Hong Kong,
and we feel that the reference to the Law Officers should not be held up while all that is going on. The
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