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From CHINA.
Decypher.
Sir M. Lampson (Peking).
February 16th 1929.
D. 5.30 p.m.
R. 2.10 p.m.
February 16th 1929.
February 13th 1929.
No.144.
Your telegrams Nos. 61 and 62 and my immediately preceding telegram.
I concur in proposed course. But I suggest
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the inclusion in letter from Minister for Foreign
Affairs
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of some specific reference also to river
This would provide a lever to press
conservancy,
for application of some of the funds to much needed work on Haiho and its affluents on which the future of Tientsin depends. To omit that would invite justifiable criticism from British Tientsin community.
2. I also feel we might legitimately try for some concurrent undertaking implied or otherwise to consider liquidation (possibly gradual) of existing British debts for material already supplied to Chinese govern. ment railways but not paid for e.g. Blue train, see my despatch No.445 of 1928. This may seem to run counter to my own recommendation of last year. But at that time there was no question of voluntary and practically unconditional return to China of these vast sums. It might be possible to draw from Minister for Foreign Affairs if properly handled some absolutely voluntary undertaking to make special effort to meet these debts out of normal railway revenue in view of
the
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