CO129-588-24 China- British extra-territorial rights- negotiations with China 23-11-1942 - 1-1-1943 — Page 229

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I can only repeat that the difficulty is a very real one for us; and the suggestion in the last para. I your letter 10 sec as to meeting criticisms in Kenya is act really practicable. The explanation you suggest, if given publicly, must be expected 1 reach Chinese cars and cause awkwardners

but what concerns us

quarter;

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more is that it would in effect be a

re-statement of the

White Highlands policy

which we should wish to avoid would Exfore us to attack from another set of

critics.

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96 difficulty,

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