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17th September, 1931.
Decyphor.
Sir M. Lampson, (Peking),
D.
17th September, 1931.
165
No.356.
R. 9.30 a.m. 18th September, 1931.
United States Minister has just received through his Counsellor in Nanking a personal letter from the Minister for Foreign Affairs expressing the earnest hope that he will be able shortly to visit Nanking and take up extraterritoriality negotiations regarding which time available is fast running out, e.g. 1st
January,
2.
1932.
United States Minister feels it difficult to ignore this request and his inclination is to go South and initiate expert discussions between Mr. Peck (his counsellor) and Hsu Mo on the lines of our procedure between latter and Mr. Teichman last spring.
Minister having done this would then repair to
He is putting this suggest-
Shanghai to await results.
ion to State Department but wished first to know if its adoption would embarrass us.
?
3. I replied, "not in the least:" but when he reached Article 16 in his discussions I presumed
? (State Department) would weigh carefully whether Manking were in effect, in a position (favourably) to negotiate without fear of repudiation by Canton for domestic and political reasons. That might well He said he prove most unfortunate for all of us.
was well alive to this.
4. He
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