CO129-567-4 Traffic of arms to China and Japanese air-raids on Kowloon-Canton railway 3-1-1938 - 3-5-1938 — Page 188

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(F 1551/84/10)

To CHINA.

Cypher telegram to ir. Howe, (Shanghai).

Foreign Office,

No. 151.

10th February, 1938,

11 p.in.

0:0:0:0

تا

Your telegram No. 226 [of February 2nd: present position

3 in China].

(36)

I entirely agree with you.

Moreover I regard it as

imperative that nothing should be done or said to discourage

the Chinese.

Neither Service Department is disposed to agree with pessimistic views reported in your telegram No. 223.

It if of course perfectly right and proper that Service Attachés should express their views to you in this way, but I hope all concerned will bear in mind warning contained in

indiscreet remarks my telegram ko, 207 of November 15th:

to outsiders].

Repeated to Hankow No. 16, Peking No. 35.