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Joint

We have, accordingly, instructed our/Planning

Sub-Committee, on receipt of views from the

General-Officer-Commanding and Senior Naval Officer

at Hong-Kong, to estune the question.

On receipt

of their Report we will submit our own recommendations.

We have not overlooked, however, that a possible

objection to a strong action at Canton is the

moderation displayed by the present local authorities, whom it may be undesirable to antagonise.

This point

has been brought to the attention of the Naval

Commander-in-Chief in a telegram sent to him on the subject by the Admiralty.

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