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You have not yet replied to the question I asked. It
are you prepared to secure the cooperation of the French and the other Powers concerned.
MR. CHEN: Ordinary courtesy will require cooperation in this matter. We will copperate
berate in the selection of the Chairman,
MR. BREVAN : If the British authorities accept the suggestion for an Enquiry, will you make the necessary arranzanents?
MR. CHEN: As concerns getting the Commission together, we will follow international practice, but we shall expect co-operation from you. We will do what is necessary ourselves. We wish to separate the question as between the French and the Chinese from the question as between the British and the Chinese,
MR. BRENAN: The boycott is one thing and Shakee is another. You cannot separate the French and British in the Shakee incident.
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MR. CHEN: We do, but if you insist on bringing the French in we have no objection, You shot from Shaneen, We do not want to inquire whether the French shot or not. We invited a conference on the strike.
You said that was a thing of the past, and so you drove us the poycott which we call the malady, and attribute directly
to Shakee.
MR. BRENAN :
Who is involved in Shakee?
MR. CHEN: You are.
Who else also?
Mr. BRENAN:
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IR. CHEN: The French may be. The whole case is that the British
fired the first shot.
The suggestion has never been made that the
French fired the first shot. The oruci alboint is 7ho shot first. We say you did, and that is for the Court to say. We could go further and say you continued shooting. The French do not come
into
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