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Enclosure 2 in No 7

Telogram) from Poking No. 9.

Despatched January 31a 1926, 4.50 p.m

Received same date 10.15 p.m.

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To. H.M.Consul

PARAPHRASE-

General, Canton.

A very long telegram has just been

received from the Foreign Office about the Canton situation and is being repeated to you. Foreign Office

desire an expression of our views thereon by the morning

of February 2nd.

It would appear that, when this telegram

was drafted, my telegram No. 39 had not reached the

Foreign Office. It is of course out of the question for you, the Governor of Hongkong and myself to give

jointly considered views at such short notice, or even

for any two of us to do so. It would therefore be advisab...

for you to reply direct to the. Foreigh Office immediately.

I feel that I can add little or nothing

to the conclusions arrived at in the third paragraph of my telegram No. 39 (my telegram No. 7 to you), but I

shall not fail to repeat my reply to you as soon is prepared.

as it

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