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propose that the jurisdiction issue should be taken before the International Court.

A move of this nature, if we have to make it, would seem to be in line with the general policy underlying the replies given by Mr. Bevin in the House yesterday on the Antartic dispute.

I have no

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Mr. Scarlett of the Foreign Office told me this morning that the Chinese Ambassador saw Mr. Bevin yesterday, and that Mr. Bevin firmly adhered to the position that the Chinese proposals were unacceptable and that the Garden of Remembrance with a joint Committee offered the best solution. I gather that Mr. Bevin suggested in the course of the discussion that the Committee might consist of six three Chinese and three British. The Chinese Ambassador countered with a suggestion that there should be four Chinese and three British and

Mr. Bevin

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