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ENCLOSURE NO.1.

Memorandum by Major Hilton Johnson,

Commissioner General of the Shang-

bai Municipal Council.

During the last three days I have seen and held extended conversation with Dr.V.K.Ting,

Marshal Sun Chuan-fang's official representative

in Shanghai; Mr.Sung Hsueh-chin, his personal business and financial representative; Mr. Fu

Siao-en, Chairman of the Chinese General Chamber

of Commerce, a staunch henchman of Sun's with much

to lose in the event of his failure in these parts;

and two Cantonese of the moderate wing of the

Kuomintang one of the with considerable Goverment experience in Canton behind him and (with C.C.Wu) a principal leader of the right wing party in Shanghai.

I have also had the benefit of hearing the views of

Col Steward, British Military Attache, who has been

closely following the operation in Kiangsi, and who

recently arrived in Shanghai.

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From these people, from certain communications emanating from official sources, and from the general

trend of events as shown in the day's news, I have

formed certain impressions which I now set down for your information.

Ting appears to be philosophically resigned. He professes a certain degree of confidence in Sun's ability to retain a good deal of what he still has left. But he also spoke of "fighting to the Last"

and

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