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From FRANCE,
Telegram (en clair) from Mr. Campbell (Faris).
D.
23rd December, 1931.
R.
8.30 a.m., 24th December, 1931.
No. 28 (Saving).
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Your telegram No. 33 Saving of December 22nd,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs inform me that they are
in general agreement with the attitude which you have
instructed Sir Miles Lampson to adopt in your telegram
37s No. 174 (Tour) to him. Thoy say that you will realise that their position in the treaty negotiations with the
Chinese Government is not as advanced as ours.
As you
know their attitude has always been that abandonment of
extraterritorial privileges is only possible subject to mutual consent and adequate guarantees, and by stages.
2. They attach importance to the letter addressed
by Dr. Sze to the President of the Council of the League
of Nations on October 24th in which the Chinese Government
declares its intention of observing its treaty obligations. They think that use might be made of this argument.
3. They are at once telegraphing to French Minister in Peking to consult with Sir Miles Lampson respecting
the possibility of the adoption of a similar attitude to his and also with the Italian, Japanese and United States
representatives. Their representatives in Rome, Tokyo
and Washington are also being instructed to urge to
Governments to which they are accredited to send similar
instructions
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