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This is an outline of the present position in our
negotiations with england. It looks as if in the circumstances
we can force the British to withdraw their troops. British representative has hinted that they may be withdrawn
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to Hong Kong, but the Foreign Minister objected to this for
two reasons:-
(1) Hong Kong is only two days' voyage away from Shanghai, (2) it may arouse suspicion as to the possibility of a
diversion being created in the rear of the Northern
Expedition.
He demanded that the British troops that had been sent to
China should be withdrawn to Singapore or England.
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