CO129-560-16 Traffic of arms to China 11-11-1937 - 1-1-1938 — Page 80

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feel stron, ly that to pursue this matter further will merely

He irritate the rench without serving any useful purpose.

again told me that he had received unofficially Japanese warnings

to the above effect, though he admitted that there had been no

Japanese "ultimatum".

Monsieur Jelbos said that the French attitude was

perfectly simple and straightforward:-

France would do anything under a mutual guarantee by Great Britain and the United States of America, and nothing without it. He complained bitterly, but confidentially, about kr. orman Davis' unhelpful attitude at Brussels, and in particular about his unwillingness, despite his pressure upon the French over the Indo-China Railways question, even to consider the possibility of adopting some purely negative action in favour of China by agreeing with other Powers to

slow down supplies of oil to Japan.

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