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complete freedom of action to use aircraft as and when he

de ened necessary for the defence of Shanghai:

(e)

That the Secretary of State for War should be authorised

to concert with the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State

for Foreign Affairs the reply to a telegram understood to

have been received from the General Officer Commanding Shanghai

Expeditionary Force (the text of which was not available to

the Cabinet) regarding the protection of the French

Concession at Shanghai:

( f )

That in regard to the use of Tear Gas by the British

Expeditionary Force at Shanghai, the existing orders should

be maintained, but that if Tear Gas was used by the American

forces there the Secretary of State for War should bring the

question up for fresh decision by the Cabinet:

(g) That, in view of recent developments in China, the

Committee of Chiefs of Staff should be asked to give a fresh

appreciation regarding the protection of British interests

in that country in the light of the most recent information.