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well as to Sir Miles Lampson's telegram No.1085

of July 5th, suggesting that larger forces should be

concentrated in the North.

The Secretary of State for War informed the

Cabinet that he had approved the terms of the

announcement in regard to the withdrawal of the

Indian Mixed Brigade before he had seen Sir Miles

Lampson's telegrams on the subject.

The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

told the Cabinet that he intended to study the question

of the numbers of British troops in North China in the

light of Sir Miles Lampson's telegrams.

The Cabinet agreed :-

That the Secretary of State for War should have

authority to use, for the withdrawal to India of the

Indian Mixed Brigade, two of the reserve of ships

retained in the Far East to facilitate the transfer

of forces from one part of China to another.