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CHINA.
Decypher. Mr. Lampson. (Hankow).
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December 9th, 1926.
11.30.a.m. December 9th, 1926.
11.50.a.m. December 9th, 1926.
No. 4.
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IMPORTANT.
Before arriving at Kiukiang I received an urgent wireless message through His Majesty's Consul from Mr. Eastes. S.Little (a busybody who will be known to the department) at Kuling (?gr.omit.) that all members of Canton government had arrived there that situation was most critical and that I would have the opportunity of meeting all the southern government only during the next twenty-four hours and he sug- gested that I should visit Kuling as his unofficial guest. I was instinctively opposed to the suggestion and discussion with His Majesty's Consul Kiuklang on arrival showed that while Little had been in touch with Eugene then there had not been any question of invitation to me from the latter to meet him. In the circumstances I felt that if I immediately visited Kuling I would very probably be kept kicking my heels at the pleasure of the Cantonese and placed in an altogether false and possibly humiliating position and that policy suggested in my tolegram of December 1st (Shanghai telegram No. 33) was the only sound (?course, omitted) to follow. On the other hand I
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