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great responsibility and also of unique, if possibly limited,
To put it bluntly y U facilities for judging the situation.
or i or Austen would probably be t king the same view if we
were in his position.
I have not circulated the telegra a3 i do not
usually circulate personal telegrams.
but the question is
whether it is fir to our colleagues not to let them know how
strongly the Governor of a great British Colony
an even
bigger British interest in those parts then Shanghai
our policy to be mistaken?
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feels
Austen has not seen the telegram t
I gave him the drift of it, and he would, not unnatur lly,
regard its circulation as embarrassing.
But it does seem to
me that we should not be right in keeping back views so passionately expressed by one of the ablest civil servants in the Empire, and I should like to have your authorisation either to circulate the telegram or to read it to the Cabinet tomorrow If it is to be the former I ought to have an immediate reply
otherwise it won't get round tonight.
Youre ever,
L.S.A.
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