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R. 8.45 p.m. October 13th 1926.
No.55. (R). Við Adidiralty wireless.
Addressed to Peking No.152.
My telegram No.136.
Last evening I had a long informal talk with Commissioner of Foreign Affairs. He admitted anti- British propaganda but countered with unceasing vili- fication of southern armies in all British papers. He said any improvement in this direction could only be achieved by mutual effort. There is a great deal
of truth in this.
As to general situation he said southern govern- ment were anxious about four points: (1) Eugene
Chen was anxious to meet new British Minister either
in Hongkong or here. (2) Some form of recognition of national government. (3) Stoppage of anti-southern propaganda in British papers. (4) Possibility of treaty revision. I replied as sympathetically as I could and
I he promised to do all in his power to work with us. also emphasized unwisdom of threatened labour union
activities.
He said they proposed to move seat of southern gov- ernment to Wuchang in the near future.
I asked him as to possibility of their working with Sun and he said they could and would but only on their conditions; nothing could be done until they had cap- tured Kinklang which they intended to do. He said that all Sun's troops had now been withdrawn to Hupei.
Full despatch follows.
Sent to Foreign Office No.55, Shanghai, Canton and Hongkong.
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