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MR. BRENAN: What I say is that we should find her a

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if possible for the Enquiry.

Suppose

MR. CHEN: We certainly would exclude her letter.

there had been an Enquiry at the time, have you any evidence

to show that you could have produced Miss Meadows in person?

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MR. KEMP

Certainly.

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You were saying that you proposed to exclude

evidence in the nature of letters to the press?

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MR. SOONG: We will go as far as it is possible to go.

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If letters on the British side are to be admitted, then

Chinese letters should be admitted too.

MR KEMP: My point is that I want you to make clear

what statements you would include and what you would object to.

Mr. BRENAN: Your witnesses are here. Curs are scattered.

MR. SOONG: That is not necessarily correct.

ours may be in America.

MR. BRINAN: Some of ours we know are away.

Some of

MR. KEMP: In sub-section (c) of your statement you

include two separate things. One is the determination of the

responsibility for the shooting.

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The other is the formulation

of recommendations for the complete and final settlement of the boycott. The Judges might be very well qualified to decide the question of fact, but they might not be qualified or willing to undertake the duty of weighing the political and financial points necessary for a settlement.

mean to combine thom?

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mission would be composed of reasonablu

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CHEN: The

Commission

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,men and we would trust them to liquidate the whole thing.

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