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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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