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Mr. Allen (Shanghai)
11th November, 1938.
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No. 1632.
D. By w/T. 12th November, 1938.
R. 6.0 p.m. 12th November, 1938.
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Addressed to Canton telegram No.123 of November 11th.
Your telegram No. 273.
Yes. See our telegram to Mission Hankow No.212
repeated to you No. 34 and your despatch No.41.
As regards penultimate paragraph we doubt whether
there is any further action you can usefully take concerning
The Emergency Committee. Our experience regarding Nanking -
Shanghai Railway suggests that the Committee will have no
chance of "administering" the line except in so far as it
suits the Japanese to allow them to do so. It seems that
in reply to Japanese Consul General you can only stress
British interests in the line and leave it at that.
Repeated to Foreign Office telegram No.1632, Hongkong
telegram No.310, Tokyo telegram No.1065.
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