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should be dealt with first, any other matters being considered later. Sir Valcalà Delevingne was to prepare for the Foreign Offios a memorandum on Mr. Porter's speech, and subsequently a further memorandum on the other points in which the british Government was attsovod; and the India Office was to submit a similar memorandum or the points in which the Indian Government had been attacked (Conclusion 5),

kr. Watorlow then emphasize the importance of publicity for the british case, especially in this country and in America, b proposed that the Foreign ffice should initiate a campaign of publicity, to be organized by Mr. Randall, who would co-ordinate information received from the Home Office, Colonial Office and India

office. The Hory Secretary suggested that the campaign in this country should be started by a letter from himself or from the Foreign Ser stary to a selected correspondent setting out in full what. Great Britain has done in the opium question. Mr. Tate low said

that in America the information would be dissemirated through the British Library of Information.

The initiation of this publicity campaign was agreed to (Conclusion 4.)

Mr. Waterlow then made the suggestion that the Cabinet should be recommended to add a dale gate of Ministerial rank (such as Lord Cecil) to the British Delegation. The Home Secretary deprecated any discussion of such a matter at this conference, involving, as it did, considerations of the personelity of the delegate. He considerad

that this was a matter entirely for the Cabinet.

Sir John Anderson reminded the Home Secretary that there was no Cabinet meeting before the 7th January but expressed the viow that all the decisions reached at the Conference were within the powers given to it by the meeting of the Cabinet Sub-Committee on Tuesday, 16th December. The Hom Searotary agreed but intimated that he would communicate the results to the Prime Minister and suggest that the Foreign Secretary chould be asked to agree to them without waiting.

for a decision of the Cabinet.