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(F.1864/34/10).
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TO CHINA
Cypher telegram to Sir M. Lampson. (Peking).
Foreign Office. April 13th. 1931.
No. 106.
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Your telegram No. 104 (of April 2nd).
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Possibility of surrendering Shameen if necessary
in order to secure reserved areas and the years duration of treaty is certainly worth considering, but I do not wish to consult French Goverment (without such con- sultation at least we cannot make any advances) unless
and until Chinese Government definitely bring the matter forward. Responsibility for doing so must be left to Chinese, who should, if they make the proposal,
be made to realise that it will inevitably mean bringing
the French to that extent at least into our negotiations
with consequent inevitable delay in concluding any treaty.
No comments yet.
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