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but that the issue of final orders to units and of
notices to Class A. Reservists should be withheld for
a further 48 hours:
(c) That the Secretary of State for War (in the
absence of the Secretary of State and Parliamentary
Under-Secretary for India) should arrange with the
India Office to invite the Government of India to
order the units of their mixed Erigade to prepare
to sail in seven days, and to notify that a further
telegram would be sent later in the week:
(a) That in regard to publicity, the Secretary of
State for War should instruct the official concerned
to do his best to damp down publication in the Press
of military movements;to point out to the Pressthat
such military dispositions as have been taken have as
their sole object the protection of British lives in
China: to remind them that all military information
published will reach Eugene Chen and may prejudice the
negotiations now in progress with a view to a
settlement.
(Sir Willian Tyrrell left the Conference for a
few minutes to send the telegram referred to in (a)).
THE DEFENCE
OF SHAMEEN.
4. The Conference had before them a Report by the
Chiefs of Staff Committee on the Defence of Shameen
(C.I.D. Paper No.762B) prepared in accordance with a
decision of the Cabinet (Cabinet 2 (27), Conclusion
2(1)). A first draft had been circulated t midday, and
s revised draft, in which the alterations were indicated
(Appendix II) was handed round at the outset of the
meeting.
After discussion the Conference agreed
(a) To approve the Report of the Committee of
Chiefs of Staff (C.I.D. Paper No.762B):
(7)
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.