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10.
F.O.,
December, 1939.
Despatched
H.
48
telegram,
Governor,
Singapore. Governor,
Hong Kong. Commander-in-
Chief
(personal).
CYPHER.
Following is sum ry of recent
developments in regard to Tientsin situation.
On 21st November (Foreign Office telegram
No.787 to Tokyo) Sir Robert Craigie was
instructed to point out that while His Majesty'a
Government would welcome settlement of outstanding
issues at Tiontain they could not proceed while
British interests in North China continued to
be subjected to pressure. As regards silver
question solution must be one which Chinese
Government could be induced to accept, while
police questions must either be part of a
general settlement or, if the Japanese agreed,
of a separate police agreement.
Importance was
stressed of taking no action which would
antagonise American opinion.
On 25th ilovember (Tokyo telegram No.1545
of 25th Ilovember) Sir Robert Craigie suggested
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