CO129-497 - Public Offices - 1926 — Page 162

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There still remain questions of;-

1. The North and

2. The other powers.

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As regards former I should advocate simply notifying

them of our action and saying that if they care to follow suit it is open to them to do so as soon as they have established a recognised goverment with

As regards whom we can deal as and when possible. treaty powers I should tell them in broad outline what we have been authorised to do at Hankow and leave it to them to follow our lead if they wish.

But Mr. O'Malley Above programme is my own. fears and there may well be much in it that it may merely serve to give chen chance to keep us in play villet Nationalist goverment use the interval to consolidate itself on Yangtze and prepare denuncia- tion of treaties etc. You will have learned al- ready from another source that such consolidation to be followed by treaty with Russia and demuncia- tion of treaties with treaty powers is the considered

Mr. O'Malley there.. plan of the Soviet government.

fore recommends a rather more drastic course namely that we be authorised immediately on arrival at Hankow to communicate with then and to publish fol.. loving proposal subject to any necessary drafting

improvements.

*With a view to entering imediately into diplomatic negotiations in order to bring to an

end all causes of sunderstanding and hostility be- treen Great Britain and Chinese people and in order

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