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Your telegram No. 176.
I concur in terms of proposed reply of the Governor
of Hongkong and I am so informing him at the same time
repeating to him your telegram No. 177.
There is, however, enother aspect of the question
to which I would venture to draw your attention to.
I had hoped that in course of time the more moderate
end reasonable elements in the extremist group which
styles itself the Nationalist government of China would exter shaking off its bolshevik yoke have obtained as- cendency and would have been propared to re-open direct negotiations with Hongkong government over the heads of
the strike committee. This, however, has not proved
the case since in spite of the rebuff suffered by the
comunistic section at a recent convention of General
Executive Committee Kuo Min Chun in Canton the influ-
ence of(?Bororodin)and other Soviet agents appears
stronger than ever and to be responsible for Eugeno Chen's appointment as Minister for Foreign Affairs. I
therefore fear that fresh offer to negotiate is solely inspired by the hope that the Hongkong government in
their naturel desire to end an intolerable situation
will
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