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From CHINA.
Decypher.
Sir M. Lampson,
(Nanking).
27th March 1931.
D.
R.
28th March 1931.
28th March 1931.
No. 74. Tour.
108
Confidential.
Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs has received a telegram from Paris indicating that French government "are rather anxious" regarding my extraterritoriality negotia- tions and suggesting to Japanese government desirability of a common front. Minister for Foreign Affairs forwards this through Japanese Chargé d'Affaires here for my confidential information.
2. In asking latter to thank His Excellency for this warning I have explained that any French fears are ground- less and unjustified and that I have kept the French Minister (? informed, ontd.) of general lines of my discussions. I added that to go further and disclose texts of articles not yet agreed upon by either side would be not only dangerous as (? they might, omtd.) possibly get back to the Chinese but also confusing and might hamper common cause for which we are in fact working.
3. It is not easy to keep this mixed team in line and good humour but I am doing my best and will make a point of continuing to inform the French minister of general lines we are following. They certainly have no legitimate ground for complaint on that score up to date and I feel sure that he personally has no feelings of the kind.
Addressed to Foreign Office No.74, of March 27th, repeated to Peking and Tokyo.
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